MATH 8560 - Informatics of Neural and Cardiovascular Systems

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: MATH 4010/MATH 6010 or MATH 6275 or MATH 4751/MATH 6751 with grades of C or higher.
Description
(Same as NEUR 8360This course studies informatics in application to biological systems, the emerging fields of science that appeared at a cross-road of mathematics, biology, and medicine. It is designated for graduate students. Biological topics will include gating properites of ion channels, with particular application to cardiac diseases and cancer. The models of ion channels, neural and cardiac cells will be introduced. Electrical activity of biological cells will be analyzed with modern mathematical methods. The role of stochasticity in information processing by biological systems will be analyzed. Application of the mathematical modes for genetic diseases (epilepsy, arrhythmias) will be discussed.