ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 45 Hours of tutorials: Expository Class: Interactive Classroom: 30 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Physiology, External department linked to the degrees
Areas: Physiology, Área externa M.U en Neurociencia (2ª ed)
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
- To explain the bases of the electrophysiological techniques.
- To endow the student of an extensive vision and criticism of the main electrophysiological techniques, its advantages and disadvantages.
- To develop in the student the abilities for the utilization of technical happinesses.
- To explain the importance and utility of the electrophysiology in the resolution of concrete questions.
- To coach the student in the management of these techniques
PROGRAMS OF THEORETICAL CLASSES
Introduction to the Electrophysiology
1. Ionic bases of the membrane potential.
2. Ionic bases of the action potential.
3. Basis of in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological techniques.
4. Electroencephalogram, Magnetoencephalogram, Evoked potential,
Field potentials.
5. Intra and extracellular recording techniques
6. Optical image recordings
PROGRAM OF PRACTICAL CLASSES (Laboratory)
Lab 1: Recording of field potentials in the cerebral cortex of the rat
Lab 2: Intra and extracellular recording in the cerebral cortex of the rat.
Lab 3: Simultaneous extracellular recordings in the cerebral cortex of the rat.
Lab 4: Recording of field potentials evoked by transcraneal magnetic stimulation
PROGRAMS OF PRACTICAL CLASSES IN DRY LAB
Lab 1. Computer simulation of electrophysiological process.
Lab 2. Data analysis and technical presentation of data
SEMINARS
Seminars will be given by the students to deep in the knowledge of some of the techniques explained.
o Frumento (1995) Biofísica. Mosby-Doyma
o Latorre, López-Barneo, Bezanilla, Llinás (1996) Biofísica y fisiología celular. Universidad de Sevilla. Secretariado de publicaciones.
o Wallis (1993) Electrophysiology. A practical approach. Oxford University Press.
o Zigmond, Bloom, Landis, Roberts, Squire (1999). Fundamental Neuroscience. Academic Press.
o Ashcroft (2000) Ion channels and disease. Academic Press.
o Aidley and Stanfield (1996) Ion channels. Molecules in action. CambridgeUniversity Press.
o De Felice (1997) Electrical Properties of cells. Patch-clamp for biologists. Plenum Press.
o Scerubl and Hescheler (1995) The electrophysiology of neuroendocrine cells. CRC press.
o Schurr and Rigor (1995) Brain Slices in basic and clinical research. CRC press.
o The Axon Guide for Electrophysiology & Biophysics. (http://www.axon.com/mr_Axon_Guide.html )
o Voltammetric Methods in Brain Systems (Neuromethods , Vol 27) by Glen B. Baker, Alan A. Boulton, Ralph N. Adams
o Clinical Electroencephalography and Topographic Brain Mapping: Technology and Practice by V.G. Iyer, W.W. Surwillo, Frank H. Duffy
o Methods for Neural Ensemble Recordings by Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
o Brain Mapping: The Methods, Arthur W. Toga & John C. Mazziotta, Academic Press.
The student should possess and to promote the following competences and generic dexterities:
- Fluency and property in the oral and written communication so much in the own tongues of the community as in English.
- Personal commitment of effort for the learning.
- Capacity of analysis and synthesis.
- Abilities to manage and analyze information from different sources.
- Capacity of criticism and self-criticism.
- Capacity to apply the theory to practice.
- Ability to work autonomously and in group team.
- Lectures
- Labs in small size groups.
- Seminars given by the students.
- Computer labs
- Lecture and lab attendance is mandatory. Lab test will add 40% of the final note.
- Lecture and PC lab test will add the 30% of the final note
- Class attendance and participation will add 10% of the final note.
3 credits ECTS, 27 hours by credit we have a total of 81 hours that are distributed in the following way:
- Lectures: 10 hours and 17 personal working hours (total hours: 27)
- Attendance, preparation and exposition of seminars: 4 class hours and 10 personal working hours (total hours: 14)
- PC Labs : 5 hours lab and 8 personal working hours (total hours: 8)
- Labs: 18 hours lab and 5 personal working hours (total hours: 28)
- Tutorials: 1 hour.
- Exams: 3 hours.
- Attendance and active participation in the classes , labs and seminars.
- Attendance and active participation in the practices.
- Study and regular review of the matter given, utilizing bibliographical material to understand and to deepen in the information obtained in class.
- Explanation with the professors of possible doubts.
Lectures and lab sessions will be held on campuses of the universities of La Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.
Francisco Javier Martin Cora
- Department
- Physiology
- Area
- Physiology
- Phone
- 881812295
- franciscoj.martin.cora [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor