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Neurobiology

Prof. Nitin Gupta · IIT Kanpur

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Lectures

Week 1

  1. Historical perspective YouTube
  2. Recent history YouTube
  3. An evolutionary perspective YouTube
  4. Methods in Neuroscience YouTube
  5. Types of cells in the brain YouTube
  6. Parts of Nervous System YouTube
  7. Brain Orientations YouTube
  8. Parts of Brain YouTube
  9. Homunculus YouTube

Week 2

  1. Origin of electrical activity in the brain YouTube
  2. Basic electrical properties of neurons YouTube
  3. Capacitance in neurons YouTube
  4. Membrane potential YouTube
  5. Time constant of the membrane YouTube
  6. Length constant YouTube
  7. Equilibrium potential YouTube
  8. Equilibrium potentials of different ions YouTube
  9. GHK equation for membrane potential YouTube

Week 3

  1. Ion Channels YouTube
  2. Active conductances YouTube
  3. Voltage Clamp YouTube
  4. Action Potentials YouTube
  5. Properties of action potentials YouTube
  6. Introduction to synapses YouTube
  7. Electrical synapses (gap junctions) YouTube

Week 4

  1. Chemical Synapses YouTube
  2. Properties of chemical synapses YouTube
  3. Synaptic Integration YouTube
  4. Sensory Systems YouTube
  5. Tuning Curves, Receptive Fields, Sensory threshold YouTube
  6. Holistic visual perception YouTube
  7. Olfaction (sense of smell) YouTube
  8. Insect olfactory system YouTube
  9. Vertebrate olfactory system YouTube

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kanpur
Department
Biotechnology
Teacher
Prof. Nitin Gupta
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology
Source
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