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Lecture Notes:
Some of the links below are password protected for copyright reasons.
Use the login/password that were given out on the first day of class to
access these. Note that the login and password are case sensitive.
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Lecture Title & Info |
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1
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6/20
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Introduction
Readings:
Aidley p 264-286
KSJ p 507-516
Handouts:
First day handout (policies
& info)
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Kerry Kim |
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2
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6/27
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Photoreceptors, visual
pigments and electric potentials
Readings:
Aidley Chapter 15
KSJ (4th edition) Chapter 26 and p 572-577
KSJ (3rd edition) Chapter 28 and p 467-470
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Kerry Kim |
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3
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7/5
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The rod transduction cascade
How/where to view
this lecture
Readings:
Rieke, F., and D. A. Baylor, 1998, "Single-photon detection
by rod cells of the retina," Reviews of Modern Physics,
70(3), 1027-1036. Download [PDF]
[From
Publisher Site (UW restricted)]
And one of the following:
Aidley Chapter 10 p 173-190
or KSJ (4th edition) Chapter 14 p 253-270
or KSJ (3rd edition) Chapter 13
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Kerry Kim |
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4
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7/11
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Synapses: Overview &
Presynaptic mechanisms
Readings: (one of the following)
Aidley Chapter 10 p 173-190
or KSJ (4th edition) Chapter 14 p 253-270
or KSJ (3rd edition) Chapter 13
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Kerry Kim |
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5
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7/18
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Synaptic transmission--Postsynaptic
Mechanisms
Readings: (one of the following)
Aidley p 19-21, 26-29, 149-165
or KSJ (3rd edition) p 81-89, 135-144, 153-158, 173-186
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Erika Eggers |
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6
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7/25
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Ion channels: Structure
& Function
Readings: (one of the following)
Aidley p 13-21,26-29, 35-40,
54-65, 76-84
or KSJ (3rd edition) p 73-78, chapters
6 & 8
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Kerry Kim |
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7
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8/1
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Signal Transmission: The
Action Potential
Readings: (one of the following)
Aidley Chapter 4
or KSJ (3rd edition) Chapters 7 & 8
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Erika Eggers |
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8
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8/8
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The Retina and Beyond:
Adaptation, receptive fields and optical illusions
Readings:
Werblin, F (1991) "Synaptic connections, receptive fields,
and patterns of activity in the tiger salamander retina. A simulation
of patterns of activity formed at each cellular level from photoreceptors
to ganglion cells [the Friendenwald lecture]" Invest Ophthalmol
Vis Sci 32(3):459-83. [Not avaliable online]
And one of the following:
Aidley chapters 5 & 13
or KSJ (3rd edition) chapters 28 & 29
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Kerry Kim |
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9
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8/15
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Forces in biological systems
Readings: (one of the following)
Aidley chapter 14
or KSJ (3rd edition) chapters 32 & 33
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Kerry Kim |
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