NROSCI 1000 - INTRO TO NEUROSCIENCE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course highlights the intellectual challenges and excitement of what many see as the last great frontier of biological science, neuroscience. The 24 lectures are grouped into four blocks: Block I, Introduction to neuroanatomy and cellular neurophysiology; Block II, Sensory systems; Block III, Motor systems; and Block IV, The complex brain functions and diseases. We begin Part I by introducing the structure and function of individual neurons, how they communicate chemically, and how these building blocks are arranged to form a nervous system. In Block II, we go inside the brain to examine the structure and function of the systems that serve the senses such as touch, pain, visual, auditory, and chemical. In Block III, we discuss the structure and function of the motor systems that command voluntary movements. Finally, in Block IV, we explore the neurobiology of human behavior and diseases, including language, emotion, addiction, and various neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: (BIOSC150or155or170or715or190orBIOL101or110)and(BIOSC160 or 165or180or191or716orBIOENG1071orBIOL102or120)and(CHEM101or110or710or760or960orCHEM111or410)and(CHEM 102or120or720or770or970)or(CHEM420and440)or(CHEM112and114);MINGRAD:`C’ for listed Courses

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