Physiology 405/505 notes and assignments.  These are available as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files.

Updated 3/4/2006

Notes for:

Topic 1: Review of protein structure

Topic 2: Overview of ion channel proteins

Topic 3: Ion channel discovery & methods

Topic 4:  Currents, channels, and the biology of disease: I_Ks & KCNQ1

Topic 5:  K⁺ channel pore structure: An open & shut case

Topic 6:  Sodium channels as a target of drug treatment and mutation

Topic 7:  Ca²⁺, Ca²⁺ binding proteins, & Ca²⁺ channels get the message