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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
Neuroscience Courses 2007 - 2008
Courses for Fall 2007
NS201A: Basic Concepts in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
An interdisciplinary introduction to fundamental aspects of nervous system function. The course emphasizes the ionic and molecular basis of excitability, synaptic transmission and signal transduction.
Director: Dorit Ron
Offered: Every fall
Schedule: 9-11am, 3 times per week
NS221: Current Topics in Neuroscience
Students will read and discuss papers related to the current week’s formal Neuroscience Seminar series, attend the seminar, and meet with the speaker.
Directors: Linda Noble, Antonello Bonci
Offered: Every year
Schedule: Click on Course title above for schedule.
Note: This is a year-long course. Students who wish to take in must sign up for it in the fall, winter and spring quarters (starting in the fall quarter).
NS223: Developmental Neurobiology
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.
Director: Sam Pleasure
Offered: Every three years.
Schedule: Click on Course title above for schedule.
NS248: Neural and Behavioral Data Analysis
Lectures, critical discussions, and problem solving using Matlab. Topics will include: probability, descriptive statistics, binomial and poisson processes, analysis of spike trains, and analysis of dynamic neural and behavioral data. Previous Matlab experience strongly suggested.
Director: Loren Frank
Offered: Every two years.
Schedule: Click on Course title above for schedule.
NS201B: Basic Concepts in Systems Neuroscience
Introduction to fundamental aspects of nervous system development, including neural determination, axon guidance, and neuron-target interactions, and overview of basics of integrative neural function, including sensory, motor and limbic systems, and computational neuroscience.
Directors: Michael Brainard, email: msb@phy.ucsf.edu,
Jonathan Horton, email: hortonj@vision.ucsf.edu
Jenny LaVail, email: lavailj@vision.ucsf.edu
Offered: Every Winter
Schedule: 9-11am, 3 days/week.
NS221: Current Topics in Neuroscience
Students will read and discuss papers related to the current week’s formal Neuroscience Seminar series, attend the seminar, and meet with the speaker.
Directors: Linda Noble, Antonello Bonci
Offered: Every year
Schedule: Click on Course title above for schedule.
Note: This is a year-long course. Students who wish to take in must sign up for it in the fall, winter and spring quarters (starting in the fall quarter).
NS230: Topics in Membrane Biophysics and Synaptic Physiology
Topics addressed in this course will include ligand- and voltage-sensitive calcium permeation, ion transport, exocytosis/endocytosis, calcium domains and buffering in the nerve terminal, transmitter release statistics, neuromodulation of ion channels, cotransmission, short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity, dendritic back propagation, lateral inhibition, and integration.
Director: Erik Ullian, email: ulliane@vision.ucsf.edu
Offered: Every three years.
Schedule: Advanced Neuroscience Courses are taught in the evenings, 2 nights a week for 2 hours/night, between 5-8 pm.
NS201C: Genetics, Development and Cell Biology of the Nervous System
NS201C introduces the students to genetic and cell biological approaches to the assembly and function of the nervous system. The first set of lectures will cover overarching principles of cellular neurobiology in the context of the developing nervous system, including signaling, cell adhesion, and cytoskeletal dynamics. Topics will include neurogenesis, axon guidance, dendrite formation, and synaptogenesis. The
second set of lectures will cover forward and reverse genetic analyses of complex neurobiological processes, including brain patterning, neuroendocrine signaling, circadian rhythms, sensory processing, and behavior. Emphasis will be placed on an understanding of basic concepts, as well as an appreciation of the major questions that drive current research in these areas.
Director: Herwig Baier, email: Herwig.baier@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every Spring
Schedule: 9-11am, 3 days/week.
NS221: Current Topics in Neuroscience
Students will read and discuss papers related to the current week’s formal Neuroscience Seminar series, attend the seminar, and meet with the speaker.
Directors: Linda Noble, Antonello Bonci
Offered: Every year
Schedule: Click on Course title above for schedule.
Note: This is a year-long course. Students who wish to take in must sign up for it in the fall, winter and spring quarters (starting in the fall quarter).
NS243: Cognitive Neuroscience
This course will cover research investigating the neural basis of cognition, primarily focusing on neurophysiological studies in animals using electrode recordings and humans using fMRI, PET, MEG, EEG, and TMS. Topics to be covered include methods, perception, attention, memory, executive functions, reward, emotion, motor control, language, development and aging.
Director: Adam Gazzaley, email: adam.gazzaley@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every three years.
Schedule: Advanced Neuroscience Courses are taught in the evenings, 2 nights a week for 2 hours/night, between 5-8 pm.
Spring 2008 Mini Courses
Information on each Mini Course is on the web page
NS214: Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research
Coordinator: Laura Goodwin, email: goodwin.laura@gmail.com
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Wednesdays at Parnassus N-729
Thursdays at Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Auditorium
Each week, the same session is taught at both Parnassus and Mission Bay.
2nd Year Students Must Attend