VETMM 7040 - [CNS Synaptic Transmission]

Fall (offered every other year). Next offered 2016-2017. 2 credits.

Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: 20 graduate students, undergraduate seniors, or juniors majoring in neurobiology.

L. M. Nowak.

Survey course in vertebrate central nervous system physiology and pharmacology that focuses on mechanisms of neuro-transmitter action at the membrane and cellular levels. Roles of selected neurotransmitters in normal brain and neurological disorders are discussed. Topics are introduced in lectures and followed up by discussions of recent journal articles. Midterm and final exams are take-home.