Courses of Study 2024-2025 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
Courses of Study 2024-2025
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BIONB 4750 - [Sleep - Evolution and Neural Basis]


     
Spring. Not offered: 2024-2025. Next offered: 2025-2026. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Prerequisite: BIONB 2220 .

A. Gonzalez.

This class examines the neural circuits that regulate sleep and how sleep changes or preserves across different species. It will help students to extract critical information from research literature regarding sleep and related biological rhythms. Topics will range from comparison of sleep in different animals, description of the different sleep stages, brain computations during different sleep phases and pathological implications of sleep associated disorders.

Outcome 1: Formulate hypotheses that can be tested with state of the art research strategies.

Outcome 2: Learn to design methods and interpret results of a scientific study.

Outcome 3: Have the capability to compose an essay in a scientific topic understandable for a broader audience.



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