Mathematical Physiology, Lecture 8: Calcium dynamics - 4th Year Student Lecture

This is the eighth lecture in Christiana Mavroyiakoumou's course. In the previous lectures, we saw how a signal propagates from our brain to our muscles to say, "do something." But the muscle then has to do something. This is what we cover in this lecture. Specifically, we derive a model for muscle contraction with a low calcium ion concentration in steady state that is excitable under stimulus. You can watch other lectures in the course here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4d5ZtfQonW24_qWt3g_TN1ttC0SWhEjF You can also watch many other student lectures via our main Student Lectures playlist (also check out specific student lectures playlists): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4d5ZtfQonW0A4VHeiY0gSkX1QEraaacE All first and second year lectures are followed by tutorials where students meet their tutor in pairs to go through the lecture and associated problem sheet and to talk and think more about the maths. Third and fourth year lectures are followed by classes.