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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
Neuroscience Courses 2008 - 2009
Courses for Fall 2008
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, email: dorit.ron@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every fall
Schedule: 9-11am, 3 times per week. Schedule coming soon.
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, email: Linda.noble@ucsf.edu Antonello Bonci, Antonello.bonci@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every year
Schedule:Follows selected seminar speakers’ schedules. Meets twice a week 9-10am and 5:30-7:30pm for each selected speaker. Approximately 10 speakers selected per year.
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).
NS222: Signaling in Neurobiology
This course will discuss receptor-mediated signal transduction and its regulation at the cellular level. The first part of the course will
be largely didactic, reviewing basic principles of information theory and molecular pharmacology that are relevant to all signaling
systems. The second part of the course will focus on selected receptors and regulatory mechanisms that function in neurons.
Faculty experts in each area will present a lecture and assign relevant research paper(s) for student discussion. Topics include G
protein-coupled receptors and regulation, regulation of ion channel signaling, receptor tyrosine kinases, Wnt signaling, TGF-beta
signaling, polarity and chemotaxis.
Director: Mark von Zastrow. email: mark.vonzastrow@ucsf.edu
Offered: Advanced Neuroscience Courses are taught in the evenings, 2 nights a week for 2 hours/night, between 5-8 pm. Every three years.
Schedule: Schedule coming soon
NS201B: Basic Concepts in Developmental and 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.
Director: 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. Schedule coming soon.
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, email: Linda.noble@ucsf.edu Antonello Bonci, Antonello.bonci@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every year
Schedule:Follows selected seminar speakers’ schedules. Meets twice a week 9-10am and 5:30-7:30pm for each selected speaker. Approximately 10 speakers selected per year.
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).
NS240: Neurobiology of Vision
Visual information processing by the retina and central nervous system. Molecular, electrophysiological, pharmacological, anatomical,
and psychophysical approaches will be discussed. Topics may include synaptic interactions, diseases specific to the visual system,
color vision, form perception, motion detection, and visual development.
Director: Jonathan Horton, email: hortonj@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. Schedule coming soon.
NS201C: Genetics, Development and Cell Biology of the Nervous System
N201C 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. Schedule coming soon.
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, email: Linda.noble@ucsf.edu Antonello Bonci, Antonello.bonci@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every year
Schedule:Follows selected seminar speakers’ schedules. Meets twice a week 9-10am and 5:30-7:30pm for each selected speaker. Approximately 10 speakers selected per year.
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).
NS225: Neurobiology of Disease
Lectures and student-led discussions on physiological and molecular bases of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple
sclerosis, epilepsy, autism, addiction, triple repeat and prion diseases.
Director: Steve Finkbeiner, email: sfinkbeiner@gladstone.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. Schedule coming soon.
NS249: Neural Circuits, Perception and Action
This advanced course will explore the foundations of Systems Neuroscience via an in-depth study of selected model systems such as
sound localization, echolocation, voluntary eye movements, and goal directed reaching. The primary goal of the course is to teach a
set of physiological, behavioral and computational principles and techniques that are broadly applicable in Systems Neuroscience,
including techniques for identifying neural circuits and relating neural populations to perception and action.
Director: Philip Sabes, email: sabes@phy.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. Schedule coming soon.
Neuroscience Courses 2008-09