N110: Neurobiology and Behavior is taught Spring Quarter by Professor Raju Metherate, Gyorgy Lur, and Michael Leon.
Dr. Raju Metherate
Dr. Gyorgy Lur
Dr. Michael Leon
Prerequisite or corequisite: BIO SCI 99
Restriction: Students who require this class for completion of their degree have first consideration for enrollment.
Course Objective:
Consideration of the evolution of behavior, including ethological and psychological aspects and analysis of neuroanatomical, neurochemical, neurophysiological, and neuroendocrine systems underlying basic behavioral processes.
Sample Syllabus:
| # | Topic |
| Block 1 | Instructor – Dr. Raju Metherate |
| 1 | Overview and Neuroanatomy |
| 2 | Neural Signals are Electrical |
| 3 | Membrane Permeability |
| 4 | Action Potential |
| 5 | Hodgkin-Huxley Axon |
| 6 | Ion Channels |
| 7 | Synaptic Transmission I |
| 8 | Synaptic Transmission I |
| 9 | Neurotransmitters and Receptors |
| EXAM 1 | |
| Block 2 | Instructor – Dr. Gyorgy Lur |
| 1 | Introduction – Sensory Systems |
| 2 | Eye Structure and Function |
| 3 | Receptive Fields in the Retina |
| 4 | Visual System I |
| 5 | Visual System II |
| 6 | Visual System and Developmental Plasticity |
| 7 | Auditory System |
| 9 | Somatosensory System |
| 10 | Somatosensory System and Adulty Plasticity |
| EXAM 2 | |
| Block 3 | Instructor – Dr. Michael Leon |
| 1 | Memory |
| 2 | Sexual Differentiation |
| 3 | Brain Development |
| 4 | Addiction |
| 5 | Sleep |
| 6 | Stress |
| 7 | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| 8 | Depression |
| 9 | Eating |
| EXAM 3 |