Lecture 7

Voltage-dependent currents and bistability

Voltage-Gated Ionic Currents. Chapter 10 of Cellular Biophysics and Modeling: A primer on the systems biology of excitable cells.
Regenerative Ionic Currents and Bistability. Chapter 11 of Cellular Biophysics and Modeling: A primer on the systems biology of excitable cells.
Sigworth FJ. Structural biology: Life’s transistors. Nature. 2003 May 1;423(6935):21-2. [Highlighted portions of this marked-up PDF]
Dolphin AC. A short history of voltage-gated calcium channels. Br J Pharmacol. 2006 Jan;147 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S56-62. [Highlighted portions]
Lipscombe D, Helton TD, Xu W. L-type calcium channels: the low down. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Nov;92(5):2633-41. [Highlighted portions]
Kiehn O, Eken T. Functional role of plateau potentials in vertebrate motor neurons. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1998 Dec;8(6):746-52. [Highlighted portions]
Scholarpedia entry for “Up and down states” by Charles Wilson. [Highlighted portions]