BIOL 493 - Bioelectric Phemonena

3 Credit(s)

Prerequisites: BIOL 213, BIOL 214, or BIOL 211 or equivalent.
The course will review and investigate a variety of bioelectric phenomena, including origins and operations of trans-membrane potentials in excitable cells, their propagation between and among cells, their dissemination among various conductive tissues and different body fluid compartments and their measurement within the body or at the body surface. Also considered will be the generation, conduction and propagation of electrical or electromagnetic fields within and beyond the body and the interaction of such fields with ionizing and non-ionizing radiation generated naturally as well as by present and developing technology, with emphasis on health effects of such interactions.