BIONB 4930 - Developmental Neurobiology

Fall. 3 credits. S-U or letter grade option.

Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 or permission of instructor. Offered alternate years. Limited to 20 students.

R. Booker.

Lectures covering the development of the nervous system, taking examples from both vertebrates and invertebrates. Emphasis is on cellular and molecular issues, that is, how do nerve cells differentiate both morphologically and biochemically? The role of cues such as hormones and developmental genes in neural development is discussed. Readings are taken from original journal articles. BioNB4930 website