Neuroscience

NEU 700. Seminars in Neuroscience. 2 Credit Hours.

Required each Fall and Spring for all NEU students, emphasizes student research presentations (30 min each for 2nd year students; 60 min each for student 3rd year on). Attendance at neuroscience related seminars is also required.
Requisite: Neuroscience.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.

NEU 721. Principles of Membrane Physiology and Biophysics I. 3 Credit Hours.

Course discusses chemical and physical structure of membranes, model systems, permeability and transport, membrane potential, ionic channels, excitability in nerve and muscle, ionophores, active transport, and membrane receptors. Identical with MCP 641.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

NEU 722. Principles of Membrane Physiology and Biophysics II. 3 Credit Hours.

Course topics include osmosis and cell volume, tracer analysis of permeability and compartmentation, theory of channels and carriers, cable properties, Hodgkin-Huxley formalism, Na, K, and Ca ion channels, regulation of cellular Na, Ca activities, single-channel analysis, chemical synapses, membrane receptors, cell junctions, excitation and E-C coupling in muscle. Identical with MCP 642.
Prerequisite: NEU 721.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

NEU 731. Advanced Topics in Neuroscience. 1 Credit Hour.

Special work, lecture, laboratory, reading, seminar, or a combination of these as determined by advisor in accordance with student’s interest.
Requisite: Neuroscience.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.

NEU 732. Introduction to Neurological Diseases. 1 Credit Hour.

This course provides an advanced introduction to rare or relatively less discussed neurological diseases and comorbidities that may lead to major neurological conditions. This will be a 1-credit course comprising 10 lectures offered during the Spring 2025 semester. Each lecture will have a duration of one hour, followed by five multiple-choice questions that students can complete online by the end of the day. To meet course requirements, students must attend a minimum of 8 out of the 10 lectures, or alternatively, the best 8 out of 10 quiz scores will be considered for the final grade.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

NEU 760. Neuroscience 1A (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience). 2 Credit Hours.

An advanced introduction to modern neurobiology, focusing on the cellular and molecular biology of neurons, glia, synapses, and neurotransmitters.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

NEU 761. Neuroscience 1B (Developmental Neuroscience). 2 Credit Hours.

This course will explore nervous system development from early neural induction and neurogenesis to the construction of neural circuits. Basic mechanisms of neurulation and CNS patterning, neural progenitor migration, neural crest and ectodermal placodes, programmed cell death, construction of neural circuits, axon guidance, synaptogenesis and several emerging techniques in neurobiology will be covered.
Requisite: Neuroscience.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.

NEU 762. NEU II - Systems Neuroscience. 4 Credit Hours.

The course aims to provide a general, but intensive, background to the neurosciences beyond Cellular Neuroscience (NEU 661) and Developmental Neuroscience (NEU 663) and to prepare students for more specialized neuroscience courses, for lab rotations, and for subsequent dissertation work. NEU 662 will present sensory, motor and integrative neuroscience at the level of functional systems, but will do so in the context of cellular and molecular neuroscience. The course concentrates on the experimental basis for our understanding of nervous system function and uses both didactic lectures and student discussions of current research literature. The course expects that students have a working knowledge of synaptic transmission, excitable cell membranes, and ion channels from previous coursework in PHS 641/2 and NEU 661, as well as a general knowledge of biochemistry and molecular biology from their PIBS course. It will also be useful to have taken NEU 663. [Pre-requisites: PHS641/2 and NEU661, or in exceptional cases, permission of instructors].
Requisite: Neuroscience.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.

NEU 797. Neuroanatomy. 3 Credit Hours.

This course is designed to teach functional neuroanatomy to individuals engaged in basic neuroscience research. Therefore, most of the emphasis will be placed upon gross anatomy, identification of pathways and circuits, and a description of the physiological functions of neuroanatomical systems. To the extent that it may help to explain functional aspects of the nervous system, each lecture will contain some clinical examples and/or case histories. An important feature of each class period will be a laboratory segment in which the student will study human and sheep brains, examine models of the brain, and use internet neuroanatomy websites containing pictures, text, clinical examples, and 3-dimensional rotations of the nervous system
Requisite: Neuroscience.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.

NEU 830. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-12 Credit Hours.

Required for all PhD students before passing the Qualifying Examination. The student will enroll for credits as determined by the Program Office, but no more than a total of 6 credits.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.

NEU 840. Doctoral Dissertation- Post Candidacy. 1-12 Credit Hours.

Required for all PhD students before passing the Qualifying Examination. The student will enroll for credits as determined by the Program Office, but no more than a total of 6 credits.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall.

NEU 850. Research in Residence. 1-14 Credit Hours.

Students register in the semester they plan to submit their dissertation to the Graduate School.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.