Neuroscience 328 - RESEARCH: SYSTEMS NEUROBIOLOGY

Understanding how organisms sense the external world, how they move around in their environment, and why they exhibit complex behaviors requires studying the nervous system function at many levels of biological organization – from genes to whole animals, and everything in between. In this course, you will gain experience with methods that enable neuroscientists to ask questions at the systems level. Students will begin the semester reading and discussing relevant literature and developing research proposals. The second part of the semester will focus on testing student-generated hypotheses about neural system function using the widely-used model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic nematode worm. Prerequisites: NSC 230 and BIO 132 or equivalent. Enrollment limit of 12.

Not open to first-years, sophomores