Apr 21, 2025  
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

BIOL 37000 - Physiology of the Nervous System


GER
3/B

A comprehensive introduction to neuroscience. Topics include how nerve cells (neurons) transmit electrical impulses, how neurons communicate with each other through synapses and how nerve pathways and networks determine many functions of the brain. The last portion of the course shall explore how developing neurons seek out targets and establish synapses.
prereq: BIOL 30000 or perm instr.
4 hrs (lec)
4 cr.
spring only