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What percentage of the total grade is determined by the Midterm Exams?
What percentage of the total grade is determined by the Midterm Exams?
What grade corresponds to a final score of 75?
What grade corresponds to a final score of 75?
Which action is prohibited during class or exam times according to the policy?
Which action is prohibited during class or exam times according to the policy?
How many times can an NJIT student repeat a single course, including withdrawals?
How many times can an NJIT student repeat a single course, including withdrawals?
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If a student misses an exam with a valid medical excuse, what must they provide?
If a student misses an exam with a valid medical excuse, what must they provide?
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What is the primary focus of the BIOLOGY 341 course?
What is the primary focus of the BIOLOGY 341 course?
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Which of the following learning goals is NOT explicitly stated in the syllabus?
Which of the following learning goals is NOT explicitly stated in the syllabus?
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What is expected from students during the weekly quizzes?
What is expected from students during the weekly quizzes?
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Which resource is required for the BIOLOGY 341 course?
Which resource is required for the BIOLOGY 341 course?
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How often do the classes for BIOLOGY 341 take place?
How often do the classes for BIOLOGY 341 take place?
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Study Notes
Biology 341: Intro to Neurophysiology - Fall 2015
- Course Goal: Understand the nervous system from a functional perspective, including ion channels, electrical excitability, synaptic function, and information processing.
- Textbook: "From Neuron to Brain" 5th Ed., Nicholls et al., Sinauer © 2012 (ISBN: 9780878936090)
- Learning Goals: Students will be able to understand electrical and chemical signaling between nerve cells, experimental and theoretical approaches to studying neurophysiology, fundamental principles of how the nervous system encodes information, and critical thinking and communication skills related to interpreting experimental data.
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Grading:
- Participation & Weekly Quizzes: 25%
- Midterm Exams: 30%
- Final Exam: 30%
- Homework Assignment: 15%
- Grading Scale: A (88.1-100), B+ (80.1-88), B (73.1-80), C+ (66.1-73), C (60.1-66), D (50.1-60), F (0-50).
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Important Policies:
- Academic integrity is strictly enforced.
- Cell phones and electronic devices are prohibited during class and exams.
- Valid medical excuses require documentation.
- Course repetition is limited to four attempts (including withdrawals from another institution). The lowest grade is excluded from the cumulative GPA if the course is repeated or transferred.
Course Schedule (Partial)
- Week 1: Introduction and course overview; neurons, glia; morphological and molecular diversity
- Week 2: Membrane potential (Nernst Equation, GHK equation), passive properties, length constant, time constant
- Week 3: Action potential – ionic mechanisms; Hodgkin-Huxley formalism, propagation, myelination
- Week 4: Diversity of voltage-gated channels
- Week 5-7: Electrical and chemical transmission, gap junctions, synapses, crayfish escape system, frog neuromuscular junction
- Week 8-11: Transmitter release, types, synthesis, transport, re-uptake and degradation, postsynaptic receptors, synaptic plasticity (short-term/long-term)
- Week 12-15: Sensory transduction, coding principles (visual, somatosensory, auditory, chemosensory); motor coding; posture and movement control. Midterm Exam I, Midterm Exam II, and Final Exam.
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This quiz covers fundamental concepts of neurophysiology as presented in Biology 341, focusing on the nervous system's functionality. Topics include ion channels, synaptic function, and information processing. Students will enhance their understanding of both electrical and chemical signaling between nerve cells.
