Schedule of Classes

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Departmental approval.

Study of the nervous system at multiple levels through the analysis of four themes: Motor Control; Emotion, Motivation, and Decision-Making; Memory and Learning; and Vision.

Introduces fundamental principles of advanced molecular and cellular neurobiology including proteins and nucleic acids, cell biology of neurons and glia, synaptic transmission and neuronal signaling.

Systems and behavioral neurobiology: hierarchical mechanisms controlling behavior, experimental techniques; perceptual (visual, auditory, somatosensory) systems; sensorimotor systems; motivated behavior; learning, memory and adaptation.

Introduce neural modelling, distributed artificial intelligence and robotics approaches to vision, motor control and memory.

Exposes students to ethical issues in scientific research, especially for neuroscience; scientific integrity and professional roles for the academician and neuroscientist.