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9.16/9.160 Cellular Neurophysiology

Fall 2016

Instructors: Weifeng Xu, Daniel Zysman

Lecture: TR11-12.30 (46-4062)

Information:

Surveys the mechanisms of neuronal communication. Covers ion channels in excitable membrane, single cell computation, synaptic transmission, and synaptic plasticity. Correlates the properties of ion channels and synaptic transmission with their physiological function. Discusses the organizational principles for the formation of functional neural networks at synaptic and cellular levels. Involves discussion of primary literature. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.

P-sets: 3
Paper Presentation: 1
Mid-term: 2
Final: yes

Textbook: Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology (Wu, Samuel Miao-sin; Johnston, Daniel)

Announcements

PsetIII

Hi all,

I realized that PsetIII is one week behind schedule. The due date will be postponed as well. There will be no additional dataset for the grad students, only an additional last question in the PsetIII.

Best,

Announced on 29 November 2016 9:08 a.m. by Weifeng Xu

Solutions and Live Editor

HI all
These files are available on Stellar.

Best,

Daniel

Announced on 29 September 2016 12:29 p.m. by Daniel Zysman

Correction to Thursdays MATLAB

Hi All,

There were two minor typos in the PDF with exercises for Thursday. The updated/corrected version is now available on Stellar.

Best,
Daniel

Announced on 27 September 2016 4:29 p.m. by Daniel Zysman

functions to load abf files into MATLAB

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/6190-abfload

Announced on 27 September 2016 11:26 a.m. by Weifeng Xu

Problem set I

Hi All,

Problem set I is uploaded. It has two parts:

First part is for all students, primarily using Matlab to understand the class content

Second part is data analysis for graduate students. Undergraduate students are welcome to give it a try.

Below is the link to the raw recording data for the data analysis part of the assignment. It is not required for completing the assignment, but you are welcome to download and play with it. The files are in abf format, recorded with the software called pClamp. If you have access to pClamp10, it will be the easiest way to access it. Otherwise, you will need some matlab routine to load them into Matlab environment.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3a90ahwj5atu66y/AAB2zuVlukJgV3kmppqHq9Fpa?dl=0

Announced on 27 September 2016 10:44 a.m. by Weifeng Xu

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