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Modeling the neural basis of learning and memory
Behavior . . .
. . . and its neural basis
Head direction neurons
The “astonishing hypothesis”
Computational neuroscience
The neuron doctrine
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Microelectrode recording
Neurons are polarized and excitable
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Biophysics of neurons
Ion channels are membrane proteins
Channels are selectively permeable
Channels are gated or nongated
The Nernst equation
Charge separation
Membrane capacitance
Ohmic model
Cable theory
Biophysics of neurons
Hodgkin-Huxley model
Statics of several ionic species
Hodgkin-Huxley equations
Channel variables
Patch clamp recording
Single ion channel
Hodgkin-Huxley equations
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Intrinsically bursting neuron
Biophysics of neurons
Synapses
Chemical synapse
Synaptic transmission
Transmission is stochastic
Neurotransmitters
Ionotropic vs. metabotropic action
Synaptic activation
Biophysics of neurons
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