MOOC
Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Lectures in this MOOC (35)
Cellular Mechanisms of Brain FunctionMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Series explores the biophysics of neurons and synapses, synaptic transmission, and brain function.
Cell Membrane: Structure and FunctionMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explores the cell membrane's structure, permeability, capacitance, and role in generating membrane potentials.
Ion channels: Structure and FunctionMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explores the structure and function of ion channels, including their rapid conformational changes and key features like open probability.
Membrane potential: Cellular mechanismsMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explains membrane potential, equilibrium potentials, and ion conductances' role in determining the membrane potential.
Cable properties: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain FunctionMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explores the dynamics of membrane potential in neurons and the cable equation at steady state.
Voltage-gated channelsMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explores the cellular mechanisms of brain function through voltage-gated ion channels and their role in regulating membrane potential.
Voltage-gating kinetics: Na+ and K+ channelsMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explores the voltage-gating kinetics of Na+ and K+ channels, including rapid opening and inactivation of Na+ channels.
The action potentialMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Covers the Hodgkin and Huxley model for ion conductance and the ionic basis of the action potential.
Action potential propagation: Mechanisms and SpeedMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Explores the cellular mechanisms and speed of action potential propagation in neurons.
Whole-cell recordingsMOOC: Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function
Covers preparing brain slices, visualizing neurons, and whole-cell recordings in cellular neuroscience.