PHSL5201

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PHSL 5201 - Computational Neuroscience I: Membranes and Channels (3 Cr.)

Integrative Biology and Physiology (11720) TMED - Medical School

Course description

Neural excitation (ion channels, excitation models, effects of neural morphology) using UNIX workstations to simulate empirical results. Includes the Hodgkin-Huxley model, nonlinear dynamic systems analysis, voltage and ligand gated ion channels, ion transport theories, and impulse initiation and propagation.

prereq: calculus through differential equations

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

Requirements

001186

Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:

00337

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Fall