Lecture on the most important concepts in software engineering

This primer on optogenetics primer discusses how to manipulate neuronal populations with light at millisecond resolution and offers possible applications such as curing the blind and "playing the piano" with cortical neurons.

Ion channels and the movement of ions across the cell membrane.

Action potentials, and biophysics of voltage-gated ion channels.

Voltage-gating kinetics of sodium and potassium channels.

The ionic basis of the action potential, including the Hodgkin Huxley model.

Action potential initiation and propagation.

Long-range inhibitory connections in the brain, with examples from three different systems.

The ionic basis of the action potential, including the Hodgkin Huxley model. 

Introduction to the course Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function.

The ionic basis of the action potential, including the Hodgkin Huxley model. 

Introduction to the course Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Function.

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the membrane potential.

Neurotransmitter release in the presynaptic specialization.

Synaptic modulation through diffusing neurotransmitters.

Glutamatergic transmission.

Glutamate release after an action potential. Resulting post-synaptic potentials in a biophysically realistic situation.

Glutamatergic excitatory neuronal circuits.

Dendritic spines and their function.

GABAergic inhibition and its receptors.