Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In the fifth lecture from her 4th year Mathematical Physiology course, Christiana Mavroyiakoumou describes how the nervous system is a communication system formed by nerve cells called neurons. Information is propagated along long cylindrical segments called axons by electrochemical signals. We will look at how these signals travel along the axon to carry messages from the brain to the muscles, making movement possible, for example.
You can watch other lectures in the course here: 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): 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.
In the fifth lecture from her 4th year Mathematical Physiology course, Christiana Mavroyiakoumou describes how the nervous system is a communication system formed by nerve cells called neurons. Information is propagated along long cylindrical segments called axons by electrochemical signals. We will look at how these signals travel along the axon to carry messages from the brain to the muscles, making movement possible, for example.
You can watch other lectures in the course here: 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): 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.
