Neuroscience Crash Course

BeginnersPrerequisites

This series of lectures provides a basic introduction to neurobiology. If you are a new graduate student working in another area but think your research might benefit from some understanding of neurobiology, this is for you. If you have done an undergraduate course in neuroscience of any kind, this is NOT for you.

• First year postgraduates
• Others with no previous neuroscience training
• Further details regarding Graduate School of Life Sciences' eligibility criteria are available

• Participants must not have done an undergraduate course in neuroscience of any kind

Number of sessions: 3

Session 1 The functional architecture of the brain:

• Naming the parts
• How the brain controls movement, sensation, vision, hearing, smell
• The emotional and cognitive brain
• How the brain keeps you alive

Session 2 Glial cells what they are and what they do:

• The glial cells of the CNS, PNS and peripheral olfactory system
• Their functional roles in normal tissue
• Their responses to injury

Session 3 The neuron and its connections:

• The axon: How does it conduct?
• The synapse: Conduction and plasticity
• Development: Axon growth and guidance, synapse formation
• Plasticity in the adult
• Axon regeneration
• Adult neurogenesis
• Stimulating plasticity

• To provide a general introduction to the brain, glial cells and neurons
• To prepare you to attend more advanced courses if you wish

Presentations

Three sessions of two hours

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