Neural System Designs. 3 credits

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This course introduces the essential "design principles" of various parts of the mammalian nervous system. The recurring theme is that Evolution successfully managed to re-arrange the same building blocks (neurons, synaptic transmission, and membrane physiology) in different networks exquisitely tuned to their functions, though often in incompletely understood ways. Topics include: neuronal biophysics, network architecture, cortical systems, neuroinformatics, and neurotechnology applications. Offered by Bioengineering . Limited to two attempts.