Biol 362 - Neurobiology

          Neurobiology refers to the biology aspect of the nervous system. This term is interchangable with Neurosience, which means the scientific study of the nervous system. Currently, neuroscience is an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics, medicine and allied disciplines, philosophy, physics, and psychology. This course will focus on the cellular basis of neuonal excitability and synaptic transmission, and its application in neurological diseases, with forcus on electrophysiological and functional aspects of the nervous system. Pre-requisite: BIOL 251 Cell Biology.

 

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Biol 373/Neur301/PSYC388 - Neuroscience Lab I​

        What are the ionic bases that mediate the single neuron’s excitability? How does the nervous system organize and function in order to control animal behaviors such as locomotion, escaping and feeding? As a senior level neuroscience lab class, Biol 373 provides a unique training opportunity to students to learn various electrophysiological techniques, using state-of-art electrophysiology equipment and software. Students will gain hands-on experience in micro dissection of animals central nervous system, extracellular and intracellular recording from nerves, axons, and signal neurons. To appreciate the complexity and diversity of various nervous systems, several organisms will be introduced in the classroom, including crayfish and sea slug Aplysia californica, etc. Pre-requisite: Biol 362 Neurobiology.

 

Biol 296 - Introduction to Research

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Biol 396 - Research

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