Cellular Neurophysiology, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307,

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.