NEUROSCIENCE

CN 201 (AUG) 3:0

Introduction to Neuroscience

General overview of neuroscience; Anatomy of the nervous system; Development of the nervous system; Neurogenetics; Signaling within nerve cells; Signaling between nerve cells; Learning and memory; Sensation and Perception; Movement and Executive Function; Cognition and Behavior.

Prerequisites: none

Arun Sripati and Aditya Murthy

Kandel ER, Schwartz JH and Jessell TM (2000) Principles of Neural Science, Fourth Edition, Mc-Graw Hill.

Fundamentals of Neuroscience Squi et el.

CN 301 (JAN) 2:0

Topics in Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience (JAN) (2:0)

Topics to be covered: sensory encoding; perception and object recognition; attention; decision making; movement planning; cognitive control; learning and memory; emotion.

Aditya Murthy and Arun Sripati

Prerequisites: CN 201

Gazzaniga MS (2009) The Cognitive Neurosciences, Fourth Edition, MIT Press.

CN 302 (JAN) 2:0

Topics in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Topics to be covered: embryonic stem cell biology, cell fate specification, axonal path-finding; signaling in the nervous system; synaptic transmission and plasticity; neurobiology of psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Shyamala Mani and Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath

Prerequisites: CN 201

Squire LR, Berg D, Bloom F, Sascha L, Ghosh A (2008) Fundamental Neuroscience, Third Edition, Academic Press.

Basic Neurochemistry, Siegel

Sanes, Reh and Harris, Development of the Nervous System.