NEURAL MECHANISMS OF LEARNING AND MEMORY      3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

(Slashed with BMS 50703 ) Course examines the neural and molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory formation. Covers cellular mechanisms of learning, including long-term potentiation and basic electrophysiology in invertebrate and mammalian preps. Transcriptional and post-translational modifications required for learning and memory formation, genomic signaling and protein synthesis. Also covers structural changes of neurons associated with memory formation, and the different behavioral methods for studying memory.