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Neurobiology (BIOL 365)
Instructor: John Enwright (jenwright@austincollege.edu)
Meeting times: Lecture- MWF 10AM, Lab- Tu1:30-4:20 PM
Course
overview
This course, offered in the spring semester of odd-numbered years, is designed to introduce juniors and seniors to the amazing complexities of the central nervous system (CNS). We will investigate the various levels of communication within the nervous system. We will discuss in detail the action potential, synaptic transmission, and the variety of neurotransmitters involved. These issues will be discussed with a focus on how this communication, at the molecular level, is important in processes such as learning and memory, sensory perception, drug addiction, nervous system development and disease states of the CNS. Laboratories will include computer simulations of nervous system function, as well as use of molecular biological techniques to look at the structural organization of the CNS. In addition we will perform behavioral experiments in living animals to demonstrate the relationship between various behaviors and particular neurotransmitters.
Prerequisites: BIOL 234, CHEM 222 (strongly recommended)
Syllabus Spring 2005
Lateral view of
the sheep brain
Immunohistochemistry on the dentate gyrus. A triple label procedure showing
neurons (stained with anti-b tubulin
III; green), astrocytes (stained with anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein;
red) and cell nuclei (stained with the DNA dye Hoechst 33342; blue). Performed by students 2/11/03.