AS 080.310 - Communication Between Cells: The Synapse as a Model System

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Johns Hopkins University

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Biochemistry (020.305) & Cell Biology (020.306) and AS.080.306 OR permission of instructor All cells inform neighbors of their own activities. That act of communication frequently requires the formation of cell junctions across which information can pass. One of the best studied of the means of communication between cells is the synapse between neurons. This course examines the synapse in depth. both as a means to look at the nature of neuronal comunication and as a model for communication across cells of all types. Lectures on the physiology, structure, biochemistry and cell biology of synapses will be used as an introduction to the function of synapses in learning and memory and the effect on synapses of drugs and disease. Cross-listed with Biology (CM)

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

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(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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