ECE 6BB3
Cellular Bioelectricity
Winter
Topics
- Generation and transmission of bioelectricity in excitable cells
- Ionic transport in cellular membranes
- Propagation of electricity within and between cells
- Cardiac and neural physiology
- Measurement of extracellular fields
- Electrical stimulation of excitable cells
Readings
- R.Plonsey and R.C.Barr, “Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach,” 3rd Edition, Springer, 2007.
- D. Johnston and S.M.-S.Wu, “Foundations of cellular neurophysiology,” MI TPress,1994.
- A. C. Guyton and J. E. Hall, “Textbook of Medical Physiology,” 10th Edition, W. B. Saunders,2001.(12th edition now available.)
- C. Koch, “Biophysics of computation: information processing in single neurons,” Oxford University Press,1998.
- P. L. Nunez and R. Srinivasan, “Electric fields of the brain: the neurophysics of EEG,” 2nd edition, Oxford University Press,2005.
- B.Hille, “Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes,” 3rd Edition, Sinauer Associates, 2001.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Winter