"Version: 20241201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Historical review -- 1.1 'Living' electricity -- 1.2. Nernst potential and Bernstein hypothesis -- 1.3. Squid giant axon -- 1.4. Model of squid axon proposed by Hodgkin and Huxley -- 1.5. Ion channels and pumps -- 1.6. Myelinated nerve fibers, ephaptic coupling -- 1.7. Synapses -- 1.8. Optogenetics and thermogenetics -…