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Action Potentials and Electrical Excitability

Explores the generation and propagation of action potentials in neurons, including the historical significance of Hodgkin & Huxley's work.

Engineering Neurons: Optogenetics

Explores the engineering of neurons using light, chemicals, and sound to modulate neural activity and behavior.

Modeling the electrical activity of the neuron

Explores the modeling of neuron electrical activity, including ion channels and concentrations, Nernst equation, and resting potential.

The action potential

Covers the Hodgkin and Huxley model for ion conductance and the ionic basis of the action potential.

Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function

Explores cellular mechanisms of brain function, focusing on ion channels and action potentials.

Particle in a Central Potential

Explores the particle in a central potential and its mathematical framework.

Hodgkin-Huxley Model: Neuronal Excitability

Explores the Hodgkin-Huxley model, action potential phases, ion dynamics, cable theory, and compartmental modeling in neuronal excitability.

Membrane potential: Cellular mechanisms

Explains membrane potential, equilibrium potentials, and ion conductances' role in determining the membrane potential.

Optimising Neuron Models: eFEL and BluePyOpt

Introduces eFEL and BluePyOpt for optimizing neuron models with experimental data, using evolutionary algorithms.

Biophysical Understanding of Neuronal Electrical Behavior

Explores the biophysical understanding of neuronal electrical behavior, including challenges in modeling neurons, the generation of action potentials, and the impact of dendritic structure on firing patterns.