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Bioelectricity

Key information

  • Module code:

    6CCYB065

  • Level:

    6

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

Aims of the course:

  • To provide a fundamental grounding in the biophysical properties of cells that give rise to bioelectric properties of tissues/organs, with a particular focus on cardiac and neural systems
  • To provide an understanding of clinical pathologies related to bioelectric phenomena in the body, and how electrical measurements and devices can be used to better understand and treat these conditions
  • To provide an overview of how electrical measurements in the lab can be combined with simple mathematical modelling and computational techniques to represent and understand the bioelectric behaviour of excitable cells, both at the single cell level and within electrically-coupled networks.

Assessment details

Coursework 30%

Exam 70%

Learning outcomes

  • To be able to apply basic physics knowledge of electrical circuit theory and electromagnetism to represent and quantify the bioelectric behaviour of excitable cells at the single-cell, tissue and organ level.
  • To apply simple mathematical modelling techniques to simulate and interpret the bioelectric behaviour of excitable cells and tissues.
  • To gain an overall qualitative understanding of how different clinical pathologies of the heart and nervous system are related to bioelectric disorders within these systems and how they can be measurement clinically.
  • To acquire analytical problem solving techniques and learn how to interpret results physically and relate them to clinically-relevant metrics.

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