Lectures related to Kainate receptor

Glutamate receptors: Structure and Function

Explores the structure, ion permeability, kinetics, and diversity of glutamate receptors, including AMPA and NMDA, as well as metabotropic receptors.

Defining Your Synapse

Introduces the NMODL language for defining custom synapse models in the NEURON simulator.

Testing your synapse model in a neuron

Explores testing a synapse model in a neuron using NEURON software.

Synaptic transmission: Structure and Mechanisms

Explores the structure and function of synapses, including neurotransmitter diversity and the role of AMPA and NMDA receptors.

Understanding Synaptic Transmission

Explores synaptic transmission, neurotransmitters, and neural plasticity principles.

Glutamate Receptors: Functional Properties and Brain Mechanisms

Explores glutamate receptors, EPSPs, EPSCs, LTP, LTD, STDP, and dendritic spines.

Compiling and testing modfiles

Covers the process of compiling and testing modfiles in NEURON with a focus on synapse dynamics.

Synaptic Transmission: Electrical vs. Chemical

Explores the differences between electrical and chemical synapses, synaptic plasticity, and receptor behavior.

Postsynaptic Potentials: Cellular Mechanisms

Explores cellular mechanisms of excitatory postsynaptic potentials, emphasizing synaptic summation for action potential threshold.

Synaptic plasticity: mechanisms and functions

Explores the cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, including LTP, LTD, and STDP.

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Synapses: Neuronal Dynamics

Explores the role of synapses in computational neuroscience and the models of excitatory and inhibitory synapses.

Neurotransmitter Glutamate: Receptor Dynamics and Pharmacodynamics

Explores neurotransmitter dynamics, receptor interactions, and pharmacological concepts in CNS synapses.

Pharmacodynamics exercises

Covers the analysis of binding measurements and toxin kinetics in pharmacodynamics.

GABAergic inhibition

Explores the cellular mechanisms of GABAergic inhibition in the brain and the role of GABA receptors.

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Synaptic Transmission: Electrical vs Chemical

Compares electrical and chemical synapses, emphasizing their properties and behavior, including the neuromuscular junction and synapses in the CNS.

Neurological Disorders: Alzheimer's & Anxiety

Explores Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, pain, and the renin-angiotensin system, including the development of the first renin inhibitor for clinical treatment.

Synaptic Transmission: Diffusive Component

Explores the diffusive component of synaptic transmission and its impact on brain function.

Neurotransmitters: Receptors and Effects

Explores major neurotransmitters, their effects, drug therapy, and receptor mechanisms in brain function.