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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; laboratory-3 hours. Prerequisite:course 102 or Psychology 101. Advanced integrative survey of biological principles of behavioral organization, emphasizing historical roots, current research directions, conceptual issues and controversies. Laboratory exercises on the description and analysis of the behavior of captive and free-living animals. (Same course as Psychology 122.)-III. (III.) Owings
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 101, and either course 102 or Psychology 101. Endocrine physiology with an emphasis on the principles of behavior. Fundamental relationships between hormones and various behaviors engaged in by the organism during its lifetime. Role of hormones in behavioral homeostasis, social behavior, reproductive behavior, parental behavior, adaptation to stress. (Same course as Psychology 123.)-III. (III.) Furlow, Hahn
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:courses 100, 101, 102. Lectures by leading authorities and discussion of the latest research in newly emerging areas in behavioral biology. Offered every third year.-III.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-1.5 hours; discussion-1.5 hours. Prerequisite:course 100, Biological Sciences 101 and consent of instructor. Selected topics in neurobiology. Topics include channel biophysics, action potential propagation, intracellular signal transduction pathways, synaptic physiology and quantal analysis, cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, and neuromodulation of synaptic circuitry. (Same course as Neuroscience 160.)-(III.) Burns, Mulloney
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4.00 Credits
Laboratory-12 hours. Prerequisite: course 160, Physics 7C recommended. Students will learn to record neural activity, to interpret their recordings, and to label neurons with antibodies against neurotransmitters. Mulloney
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or 101. Issues, theoretical concepts, and methodologies in developmental neurobiology. Topics include prenatal and postnatal differentiation of neurons, and plasticity in the mature and aging brain. Integration of neurochemical, structural, physiological and behavioral perspectives.-III. (III.) Chalupa, McAllister, Zito
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or 101. The relationship between brain and behavior. Identification and analysis of the relevant neural circuits involved. Examples of systems to be considered are birdsong, locomotion, echolocation.-III. (III.) Britten
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Mathematics 16B, Physics 7B, course 100 or Psychology 101. Basic mathematical modeling techniques used in neuroscience and psychology. Specific topics include linear systems theory, Fourier transforms, neural networks, adaptive systems, probabilistic inference and information theory. Emphasis on understanding information processing in neural systems. (Same course as Psychology 128.)-II. Goldman
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 100, 112, or Psychology 101. Structure and function of the mammalian visual system, from the formation of images on the retina through visually guided behavior and perception. Emphasis on biological mechanisms underlying vision.-II. Werner
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or 101. Interdisciplinary approach to speech perception with emphasis on functional neuroanatomy and behavior. Topics include auditory processing in time and space, intelligibility in noisy environments, visual speech, evolution of vocal communication, models of speech perception, development, and hearing impairment.-I. (I.) Miller
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