Subsections
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Understanding how the nervous system is formed. Aspects of
nervous system development in various model organisms including
worms, flies, frogs, chicks and mice. Relations of these to the
development of the human brain. Diseases effecting normal brain
development and function. Current research will also be
analyzed and presented.
- Evolution of the nervous system
- Patterning of the Nervous system
- Neuronal determination, survival and death
- Axon guidance
- Synapse formation and developmental plasticity
- Brain mapping
- Behavioral Neurobiology
- D. Sanes et al., Development of the Nervous System
3rd Ed. Academic Press (2011).
