Courses are offered throughout the fall and spring semesters each year. Weekly seminars are presented by participating students, postdoctoral fellows, UT Memphis faculty, and prominent outside speakers. Morphological Neuroscience is a lecture and laboratory course dealing with the structure and function of the human brain. Specialized lectures on the histology and ultrastructure of the nervous system are offered together with lectures on the organization of the spinal cord and brain stem, the central representation of motor and sensory function, brain plasticity and development, and CNS systems related to learning and memory. Laboratories supplement most lectures.
Emphasis is placed upon the experimental and research literature.
Cellular Neuroscience provides the student with an overview of the cellular and molecular processes by which nerve cells communicate. The course covers classical theories and concepts as a basis for appreciation of recent research advances. Lectures by the faculty will provide core material to guide the students in presentation of current research topics. Extensive reading of the literature will supplement those lectures and presentations. Instruction will be by faculty actively employing these techniques in their own research and who, in several cases, have contributed to the innovation or improvement of a method.