BIOL 0596 - Neuroscience

Institution:

Tuskegee University

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Description:

1st Semester. Lect. 3, Lab 3, 4 credits. Course will consist of instruction through lecture and laboratory sessions. Lectures will include: introduction to the nervous system, cellular neuroscience, synaptic functions, structure and function of biological membranes, ion transport through membranes, physiology of ion channels, mechanism of receptor regulation, functional reconstitution of membranes, phospholipid bilayers, neural plasticity, learning and memory. Laboratory sessions will include dissection of sheep brain, making patch pipettes, bilayer formation on bimolecular lipid membrane chamber and reconstitution of receptor proteins on large and small bilayers, multi and single channel recordings, computer analysis of single channel data. Prerequisite: BIOL 0120/0121, 0230/0231. The following courses are taught during the summer session at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Residence at or near the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is required. Four (4) hour courses meet all day for 3 1/2 days per week for 5 weeks. Two (2) hour courses meet all day for 1 1/2 days per week for 5 weeks. Preregistration with the campus marine sciences liaison officer is required prior to February 1 (no exceptions).

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.tuskegee.edu

Phone Number:

(334) 727-8011

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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