NS223 - Fall 2007
Developmental Neurobiology

Course Director: Sam Pleasure
E-mail: sam.pleasure@ucsf.edu

Prerequisite: NS201 or permission of the course director.

First Class: Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Classes are held Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:00-7:00pm in GH S261, Mission Bay
Attendance is expected (for those taking the course for credit).

Course Description:
This course will cover important areas of vertebrate and invertebrate nervous system development. It will integrate findings from anatomical, cellular, molecular and genetic approaches. Topics may include: neural induction, regionalization of the neural plate and neural tube, cell-type specification, proliferation, apoptosis, morphogenesis, neurogenesis, gliogenesis, migration, differentiation, axon pathfinding, dendritogenesis, synaptogenesis.

Course Materials:
Materials will be located at the right as they are added.

Class Schedule: