NEUROBIOPHYSICS

Module  Code Number

TBF 625

Number of ECTS Credits

8

Hours / Week (T P C)

3 0 3 

Module Lecturer

Lecturers from the Dept. of Biophysics

Year / Term

 

Typ of Course

(Compulsory / Elective)

Elective

Pre requisites / Recommended

-

Module Contents

Lecture covers signal processing in nervous system, signal transmission in neuromuscular junction and other types of synaps, sensory organs and transmission of neural signals in the membrane of neurons in central nervous system through second messanger systems.

Aims and Objectives of the module

Students will learn membrane biophysics, molecular biophysics, and concept of signal processing associated with receptor and ion channels in the nervous system

Method of assessment

Written exam + practical exam

Teaching Language

 Turkish

Teaching and learning strategies and techniques

Theoretical teaching   

Textbook /

Recommended readings

  • Biyofizik; Prof. Dr. Ferit Pehlivan, Hacettepe-Taş, Ankara-2004.
  • From Neuron to Brain, JG Nichols, AR Martin, BG Wallace (Sinauer),
  • Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, Bertil Hille, 2001;
  • Biophysics An Introduction, Rodney M. J. Cotterill, 2002