Course title
脳・こころの健康医療科学特論   [Health and Medical Science for Brain and Mind]
Course category courses for the doctral program  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering  Year   Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 148309
Instructor(s)
大島 登志男(早)   [OHSHIMA Toshio]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
Lectures are pointed to the latest topics in the neuroscience field. The first half part focuses cell biological and developmental topics in the neuroscience, and in the last half part lectures are given by the leading researchers from The Brain Science Institute, Riken.
Expected Learning
Students will learn the latest knowledge of the neuroscience field, especially deep understanding in the cellular mechanism in learning and memory and wide range of molecular biological knowledge in the neural development.
Course schedule
[1] 4/9 「Guidance」 ( Inoue)
[2] 4/16 「Synaptic Plasticity」 ( Inoue)
[3] 4/23 「Imaging in Neurons」 ( Inoue)
[4] 5/7 「Neural Cell Biology」 ( Inoue)
[5] 5/14 「Higher Order Visual Processing」 ( Tanifuji)
[6] 5/21 「Cellular Imaging Techniques」 ( Miyawaki)
[7] 5/28 「Discussion I」 ( Inoue)
[8] 6/4 「comprehension check」 ( Inoue)
[9] 6/11 「Genetical Approach to the Neural Circuit and Mind」 ( Okamoto)
[10] 6/18 「Neural Development and Differentiation I」 ( Ohshima)
[11] 6/25 「Neural Development and Differentiation II」 ( Ohshima)
[12] 7/2 「Neural circuit and memory」 ( McHugh)
[13] 7/9 「Neural Development and Differentiation III」 ( Ohshima)
[14] 7/16 「postnatal brain development」 ( Shimogori)
[15] 41842 Discussion II (Ohshima)
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
References
"Neuroscience: exploring the brain" Bear, Connors and Paradiso, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007
Assessment/Grading
Evaluation by discussion and reports
Absence more than 4 times are not allowed.
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Office hours
Remarks 1
Takafumi Inoue; inoue.t@waseda.jp
Toshio Ohshima; ohshima@waseda.jp
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
3/29/2018 2:03:35 PM