NS 5164 NEURAL CONTROL OF HOMEOSTASIS
The operation of the nervous, sensory and muscular systems rests upon the activities of a constellation of ion channels, which mediate such processes as electrical signaling by action potentials, intercellular communication by chemical and electrical synaptic transmission, transduction of sensory stimuli and excitation contraction coupling. Drawing upon the techniques of biophysics, biochemistry and molecular biology, students in this course will consider the structures and functions of representative channels.