Neurophysiology

The course will cover the most modern and advanced aspects of the physiology of the neural system. Particular focus will be placed both on the functional principles in relation to the homeostatic processes of the entire organism, and on the specific molecular and cellular events responsible for the electrical aspects of the impulse conduction and integration.

At the end of the course the students will acquire the general principle of the functional organization of the nervous system. They will also learn how it is possible to associate the main logic governing the activity of complex nervous systems (including the human brain) with the basic molecular and cellular principles identified and studied in animal and cell models.