Unit · year 3
BU-302 · Neuroscience
Threads regulation · systems25 lectures5 concepts
How neurons compute and how the brain represents information.
PREREQUISITES
Lectures
| L01 | Neurons and Glia — |
| L02 | Nervous System Organisation — |
| L03 | The Synapse: Structure |
| L04 | Neurotransmitter Release |
| L05 | Postsynaptic Receptors and Response |
| L06 | Neurotransmitter Removal and Recycling |
| L07 | Excitatory and Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials |
| L08 | Spatial and Temporal Summation |
| L09 | The Axon Hillock as Decision Point |
| L10 | Neuromodulation |
| L11 | Synaptic Plasticity: The Concept |
| L12 | Long-Term Potentiation |
| L13 | The NMDA Receptor as Coincidence Detector |
| L14 | Long-Term Depression |
| L15 | Hebbian Learning and Memory |
| L16 | Sensory Receptors and Modality |
| L17 | Sensory Transduction |
| L18 | Phototransduction in the Retina |
| L19 | Mechanotransduction and Hearing |
| L20 | Receptive Fields |
| L21 | Rate Coding and Temporal Coding |
| L22 | Population Coding |
| L23 | Topographic Maps in the Cortex |
| L24 | Neural Circuits and Behaviour |
| L25 | Synthesis: How Signals Become Perception |
Concepts in this unit
T-071
Synaptic transmission
Chemical communication across the synapse.
T-072
Neural integration
Summing excitatory and inhibitory inputs.
T-073
Long-term potentiation
A cellular mechanism of learning and memory.
T-074
Sensory transduction
Converting physical stimuli into neural signals.
T-075
Neural coding
How spikes represent information.