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Lectures

Topic 1: Electrophysiology of the Neuron (Powerpoint lectures; caution some are very large files)

Lecture 1 Overview - part 1

Lecture 1 Overview - part 2

Lecture 2 Cell Biology

Lecture 3 Electrophysiology

Lecture 4 Action Potential

Lecture 5 Ion currents

Lecture 6 Ion channels

Special lecture K+channel structure

Sample tests

Test 1 from 1998

Test 1 from 2000

Test 1 from 2001

 

Topic 2: How neurons communicate and change their properties

Lecture 7 Synaptic transmission

Lecture 8 Synaptic integration

Lecture 9 Synaptic modulation part 1:second messengers&protein kinases

Lecture 10 Synaptic modulation part 2: examples

Lecture 11Neurotransmitters and their release

Sample Tests

Test 2 from 1998

Test 2 from 2000

 

Topic 3: Nervous systems and how they work

Lecture 12 Overview

Lecture 13 Neural development

Lecture 14 Cognition

Lecture 15 Sensory systems

Lecture 16 Olfaction

Lecture 17 motor systems

Lecture 18 memory and learning

Sample Tests

Test 3 from 1998

Test 3 from 2000