Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Electrophysiology

Electrophysiology is the branch of physiology concerned with the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues and with the effects of electrical activity and stimulation on them. Living cells, particularly neurons and muscle cells, generate electrical signals by moving charged ions such as sodium, potassium…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 38× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2578-8590 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Electrophysiology is the branch of physiology concerned with the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues and with the effects of electrical activity and stimulation on them. Living cells, particularly neurons and muscle cells, generate electrical signals by moving charged ions such as sodium, potassium, and calcium across their membranes through specialised ion channels. These changes in membrane potential underlie the action potentials that allow nerves to transmit information, muscles to contract, and the heart to beat in rhythm. Electrophysiology is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology to study how these signals are produced, propagated, and regulated. Techniques range from intracellular and patch-clamp recordings of single cells to surface measurements of whole organs, and they are applied to the nervous system, cardiac and skeletal muscle, and sensory tissues. The field supports both basic understanding of how cells function and clinical applications such as diagnosing and treating disorders of the heart and brain. Research relevant to this topic includes studies of cardiac electrophysiology and heart function, calcium-transient assays in human stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes used for compound screening, and combined voltammetric and electrophysiological analysis of neurotransmitter activity in the brain. This page brings together peer-reviewed, open-access research in the International Physiology Journal relevant to electrophysiology and the electrical activity of cells and tissues.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Electrophysiology, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Physiology Journal (ISSN 2578-8590).

Journal editorial board
Carola Forster · Germany Ricardo J Fernandes · Portugal Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland

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