Quantitative Electrophysiology
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Bioengineering, Courses for non-ECE majors
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Prerequisites: ECE/BMED 4784
Catalog Description
A quantitative presentation of electrophysiological systems in biologicalorganisms, emphasizing the electrical properties and modeling of neural
and cardiac cells and systems. Cross-listed with BMED and PHYS 6787.
Course Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topical Outline
Neurons and Synapses
* More complex ion channel models
* Neuromuscular Junction
Modeling of Electrophysiological Systems
* Measurements/Characterization of Neuronal and Cardiac Behavior
* Pattern Generation in Excitable Media
* Behavioral vs. Functional Modeling
* Parallelism and Connectivity
* Single-cell modeling approaches
* Cable models, length constants
Cardiac Electrophysiology
* Cardiac Muscle Cells and Rhythm Generation
* Bioelectrodynamics of Cardiac Muscle
* Models of Cardiac Cells and Systems
Muscle Physiology architechture and models
Neural Systems - Examples
* Early Visual Processing
* Auditory Processing and Localization
* Learning of Sensorimotor Mappings
* Oculomotor Control
* Motor Pattern Generation
* Muscular Control and Reflexes
Stimulation and Control of Neural and Cardiac Systems
* Microelectrodes
* Cardiac Defibrillation
* Neural Prostheses
* Dynamic Clamp and similar real-time techniques
* Neural interfacing at the cellular level
* Brain-Computer Interfaces approaches and state of the art