NEURBIO 239: Functional Imaging of the Nervous System is taught every other year in Winter Quarter by Professors Ian Parker and Ron Frostig.
Dr. Ian Parker
Dr. Ron Frostig
Restriction: Graduate students only. Neurobiology and Behavior Majors only.
NEURBIO 239 is taught every other year in Winter Quarter. The last time NEURBIO 239 was taught was Winter 2020.
Course Objective:
Overview of technical and applied aspects of imaging techniques available for studying the nervous system. The areas emphasized are cellular and subcellular imaging of neural function, systems-level imaging of brain function, and imaging of the human brain..
Sample Syllabus:
| Week # | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction to Optical Imaging: Light, Optics, Lasers, Detectors |
| 2 | Microscopes and How They Work; From Leeuwenhoek to Confocal |
| 3 | New Microscopies: 2-Photon and TIRF+ Lab Demonstrations |
| 4 | New Microscopies: Suppersolution and Lightsheet + Lab Demonstrations |
| 5 | Brain Activation: Physiology and Metabolism + Imaging Fundamentals |
| 6 | From Video-Based to CCD-Based and CMOS-Based Imaging |
| 7 | Application + Lab Visit |
| 8 | Human Imaging (PET, MRI, fMRI) |
| 9 | Student Presentations of Journal Papers |
| 10 | Student Final Presentation of Their Papers |