Dafni Giannari: Comparison study of the Electrophysiology of neurons and cardiac cells

Comparison study of the Electrophysiology of neurons and cardiac cells.

She studied the basic principles on electrophysiology of cardiac cells and neurons the dynamics of single neuron membrane potential and dependence on ion channels, and the dynamics of the different ions during action potential excitation.

She performed the computer modeling of single neuron action excitation and compared among different levels of approximation. She also modeled the coupling among different neurons to evaluate the propagation of the action potential excitation among neurons.

Finally, she modeled the propagation of an excitation wave among neurons under pathological conditions, and compared between pathological and normal condition.