NEPR 201: Neuro-Cellular Core
Focuses on fundamental aspects of cellular neurophysiology. Topics include exploration of electrophysiological properties of neurons, synaptic structure and function and synaptic plasticity. The course consists of didactic lectures and student-led discussions of classical papers. Incorporates simulation program Neuron. Enrollment restricted to students enrolled in Neurosciences Graduate Program.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Madison, D. (PI)
NEPR 202: Neurosciences Development Core
For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Introductory course covers all aspects of nervous system development, from cell fate determination, axon guidance, synapse development and critical periods to neurodevelopmental diseases. The goal is to understand what kinds of questions are asked in developmental neurobiology and how researchers use different tools and model systems to answer these questions. Overview of neural development, experimental approaches, and model organisms; signaling pathways regulating neural development; neural stem cell and neurogenesis during embryonic and adult life
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
NEPR 203: Neuroscience Systems Core
Open to first-year neuroscience graduate students and to other qualified students by permission of the instructors. Introduction to encoding and processing of information by neural systems. Focus is on sensory and motor circuits.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Giocomo, L. (PI)
;
Low, I. (TA)
NEPR 204: Neuroscience Molecular Core
For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Course provides an overview of molecular neuroscience by focusing on a few selected key topics, such as molecular neuroscience methods, voltage-gated ion channels, synaptic transmission, neuronal gene expression, and signal transduction pathways.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Sudhof, T. (PI)
NEPR 205: Neurosciences Anatomy Core
For first-year Neuroscience graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Focus is on the anatomical organization underlying the principal functions of the nervous system, including sensation, perception, emotions, autonomic responses and movement. Students also learn modern techniques for studying neuroanatomical circuits, in the peripheral nervous system, spinal cord, and brain, and using different model systems.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Buckmaster, P. (PI)
NEPR 207: Neurosciences Cognitive Core
For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Focus is on several domains of cognitive function where cognitive neuroscience approaches have been successfully applied across many different model systems from mice to monkeys to humans: attention, decision-making, and memory.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
NEPR 208: Neuroscience Computational Core
For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neurosciences students. Introduces students to computational and theoretical methods in neuroscience. Emphasis on what questions are important, and how those questions can be answered with quantitative methods. Topics range from cellular/molecular to cognitive, and emphasizes similarity and differences of methods across neural scales.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Druckmann, S. (PI)
;
Kang, B. (TA)
NEPR 212: Responsible Conduct of Neuroscience Research
Enrollment restricted to Neurosciences IDP students. Responsible conduct of research and ethics as it relates to research in neuroscience. Topics are in accord with NIH guidelines. Each topic has guest lecturers with specific insight into the particular topic.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
George, P. (PI)
NEPR 213: Neurogenetics Core
For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neurosciences students. Intensive introduction to genetics. Classical and modern genetics with an emphasis on their application to neurosciences research. Topics include: model organisms, genetic screens, genome editing, genetically-encoded tools, GWAS, next-generation sequencing, epigenetics, genetic interactions, human genetics, and neurological disease genetics. Interactive class with student-led discussions, presentations, and group work, including next-generation sequencing workshops and data analysis tutorials. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
NEPR 224: Mapping the human visual system (PSYCH 224)
The human visual system has more than two dozen topographic maps of the visual field. This course will explain principles of topographic maps in the visual system, mapping of visual areas using retinotopy, as well as modeling spatial and temporal computations in the visual system using population receptive fields. The class will combine reading and discussing papers that discovered these maps and computational principles with a lab component in which the students will analyze fMRI datasets that are used to map visual cortex.
Last offered: Winter 2020
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