Cellular Neuroscience

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Cell biology, molecular biology and biophysics of neurons as it pertains to their fundamental role in the physiological basis of behavior; study of how neurons create, maintain and exploit electrical signals for information coding and transmission; principles of electrical and chemical signaling between neurons, and the role of intracellular signaling for signal modulation and synaptic plasticity; exploration of a broad range of state-of-the-art molecular tools currently used to study the nervous system, and the cellular basis for many of the most common neurological disorders affecting humans as well as the strategies and therapies for their treatment. Prerequisites: BIOL 213 and PSYC 235, or approval of instructor. Cross Listing: NRSC 428/BIOL 428 .