Graph of timing and amplitude of action potential vs. onset of calcium current in an axon. (Courtesy of Prof. Guosong Liu.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Guosong Liu
MIT Course Number
9.16 / 9.161
As Taught In
Spring 2002
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course includes:
- Surveying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal communication.
- Coversion channels in excitable membrane, synaptic transmission, and synaptic plasticity.
- Correlation of the properties of ion channels and synaptic transmission with their physiological function such as learning and memory.
- Discussion of the organizational principles for the formation of functional neural networks at synaptic and cellular levels.