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2. RC Circuit and Nernst Potential

Models neuronal responses using membrane resistance, capacitance and an electrical-circuit analogy, introducing the source of neuronal potentials.

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Supplies the circuit vocabulary needed before the integrate-and-fire and Hodgkin–Huxley lectures.

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