Prerequisite, permission of instructor. The mechanisms regulating the release of neurotransmitters from nerve terminals are explored including quantal release, vesicle and terminal membrane proteins, neurotransmitter transporters, and plasticity of synaptic transmission. Course meets for five weeks with six lecture hours per week. Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Explores biochemical signal transduction events following activation of neurotransmitter receptors including G-protein coupling, desensitization, signaling specificty, downstream effectors, calcium signaling and tryosine kinases.
Course meets for five weeks with six lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite, permission of instructor. The molecular and cellular basis for development of neurons and networks. Topics include the basic CNS embryogenesis, molecular basis of neurite extension and pathfinding, specification of cell fate, and synaptogenesis. Course meets for five weeks with six lecture hours per week. Prerequisite, Physiology 140 or equivalent.