<p>Prerequisite: course 220 or consent of instructor. In-depth coverage of general properties of excitable cells, linear cable properties, nonlinear conductance changes, and generation and propagation of the nerve impulse. Voltage gating and gating currents, as well as relationship between macroscopic conductance and single channel properties discussed in analytical detail using original publications.</p>

Physiology

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Physiology is the science of the functional activities of the human body.

General Catalog

Cell Physiology: Excitability

PHYSIOL 221

6 units