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Fall 2009-2010
NEU 501  

Neuroscience: From Molecules to Systems to Behavior

Jonathan D. Cohen
David W. Tank

Survey of modern neuroscience combining lecture, first-hand lab experience, and computational/quantitative approaches. This counts as two courses. Topics include cellular neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, neural circuits and dynamics, neural development and plasticity, sensory systems, genetic model systems, and molecular neuroscience. Lectures describing diseases of the nervous system will be part of this course.

Sample reading list:
Dale Purves, Neuroscience, 4th ed
Peter Dayan and Larry Abbott, Theoretical Neuroscience
Gordon M. Shepherd, The Synaptic Organization of the Brain, 5th ed.
John Nicholls et al., From Neuron to Brain, 4th edition

Other Requirements:
Open to Graduate Students Only.

Reserved Seats:
8 - NEU Graduate Students

Schedule/Classroom assignment:

Class numberSectionTimeDaysRoomEnrollmentStatus
26532 L01 9:00 am - 10:20 am M W Th   Carl C Icahn Laboratory 280   Enrolled:13 Limit:12 Closed
26531 B01 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm T F   Thomas Laboratory 016   Enrolled:13 Limit:12 Closed
P01 11:30 am - 12:30 pm T F   Thomas Laboratory 117   Enrolled:0 Limit:12