BIONB 4240 - Neuroethology: A Comparative Approach to Neural Circuits and Behavior

(crosslisted)
(also PSYCH 4240)

Fall. 4 credits. S-U or letter grade option.

Prerequisites: BIONB 2220 or equivalent with permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Limited to 25 students.

C. D. Hopkins.

Neuroethology is the comparative study of neural circuits used in behavior. The course will emphasize fundamental principles in neuroscience using comparative examples drawn from invertebrate and vertebrate species. Each case will emphasize a specific behavior and how neural systems are adapted to that specific behavior. This course will emphasize sensory systems: vision, hearing, chemosensing, mechano-sensing and other unusual sensory systems. Students will learn about the natural context of behavior and how sensory and other systems are adapted to solving behavioral problems. BioNB4240 website