Week 2: Cable properties (passive membrane properties and disease) BIOL3833 Week 2: Cable properties (passive membrane properties and disease)
Agenda Announcements Brief lecture: “Passive properties and disease states” (15 min) Work on simulation exercises (~60 min).
A quick review
Start with passive properties of a spherical cell – the simplest case we have.
3D Purkinje cell reconstruction
Vrest = -60mV Depolarize to -50 mV
Rm Cm Ra I
Rm Ra How would you increase conduction velocity/efficiency by changing Ra? - What are the limits on this strategy?
Rm Ra How would you increase conduction velocity by changing Rm?
Rm Cm Ra I
On to simulation assignment Today is competence based – when you have finished the simulations you are free to go. Next week: Ion gradients! Why? Because V = IR
Concept Map Resistance Capacitance Cell Membrane Ion channels Time constant Current Conductance Voltage Temporal Fidelity Temporal Summation