| Course title | |||||
| 神経生物学 [Neurobiology] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 01BN3128 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 佐々木 謙 [SASAKI Ken] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| Animals change behaviors and physiological actions in response to enviromental and internal changes. Nervous systems can detect the changes, communicate between neurons and output behaviors. The nervous systems also form highly integrative networks to memorize experimences and make a dicision on the basis of the memory. For students learning on biology and agricultural sciences, the knowledges on neural functions causing behaviors and physiological responses are required. In this class, I introduce mechanisms underlying the transportation of neural imformations by a single neuron or between neurons, and the highly integrative systems based on the neural circuits. |
| Expected Learning |
| (1) Describe the structure of a neuron and central nervous systems (2) Describe the conduction of action potentials within the neuron (3) Describe the transmission of neural information between neurons (4) Describe the changes of efficiency of synaptic transmission |
| Course schedule |
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Week 1 Introduction to neurobiology: roles of nervous systems Week 2 Structure of nervous systems: Tissue structure of central and peripheral nervous systems, structure of a neuron, molecules constructing a neuron Week 3 Ion channels and states of a neuron 1: Resting potential, equilibrium potential Week 4 Ion channels and states of a neuron 2: Excitation of a neuron, action potential Week 5 Ion channels and states of a neuron 3: Conduction, refractory period Week 6 Transmission of neural information 1: Structure of a synapse Week 7 Transmission of neural information 2: Release and reception of neurotransmitters in a chemical synapse Week 8 Transmission of neural information 3: Addition and subtraction of post-synaptic potentials Week 9 Effectors: Structure of muscle, physiology of muscle contruction Week 10 Sense organs: Cording of various physical stimuli Week 11 Central nervous systems: Central pattern generators, innate behaviors, genetic factors Week 12 Learning: Associative learning, morphologic changes of synaptic connection by learning Week 13 Memory and sleeping: LTP, REM and non-REM sleeping Week 14 Development of nervous systems: Neurogenesis and apoptosis Week 15 Evloution of human brain: Large brain and environment surrounding human |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No text books but distribute marerials for each lecture |
| References |
| 「An Introduction to Biological Science Brain・Nerve and Behavior」 M. Satoh, edited by K. Maruyama, K. Iwatuki and S. Ishikawa, Iwanami-shoten, 「Foundations of Neurobiology」 F. Delcomyn, translated by A. Ogura and K. Tominaga, Nankodo |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Evaluation on the basis of examination (60%), report(40%), attendance, questions and answers during lecture. Scores in the last calss are S (28%), A (23%), B (28%), C (21%), D (0%), respectively. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Requirements of neurobiology in life science are recognized as "Brain science is a main research area in this century". This is because that neurobiology can answer not only the physiological function of human brains, but also feeling, emotion and mind of human. Let's imagine the neurological phenomena as our brain activities. |
| Course keywords |
| neuron, nervous system, brain, bio-information |
| Office hours |
| Please contact me by e-mail (sasakik(＊）agr.tamagawa.ac.jp) |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/23/2017 4:26:22 PM |