MCB 416

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Neuroethology

Credit: 3 hours.

A contemporary systems treatment of Neuroethology, the study of behavior and its neurophysiological bases. The class will treat the known neuronal circuitry underlying behavior, from behaviors as simple as locomotion to sequential actions driven by cost-benefit decision making (Neuroeconomics). Emphasis is placed on conceptual models of the neuronal circuitry of behavior and its plasticity. Elements of behavior are covered in parallel with their neural substrates, including the evolution of behavior and nervous systems, pattern generation, biological rhythms, sleep, sensory and motor systems, decision, motivation and arousal, appetite, stress, memory, neural mechanisms and behavioral pathology and the tuning of neural circuits in development and through use (homeostatic plasticity).

Same as NEUR 426. Prerequisite: MCB 401 or MCB 412, or MCB 414, or consent of instructor.

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MCB 416 class schedule data for fall 2009
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	52167	Lecture	1	3:00PM -3:50PM	MWF	W115 Turner Hall	Anastasio, T Feng, A Gillette, R Cox, C Grosman, C Suarez, A Gillette, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/09-12/09/09 Section Info: This reorganized course is aimed at contemporary systems treatment of Neuroethology, the study of behavior and its neurophysiological bases. The class will treat the known neuronal circuitry underlyingbehavior, from behaviors as simple as locomotion to sequential actions driven by cost-benefit decision making (Neuroeconomics). Emphasis is placed on conceptual models of the neuronal circuitry of behavior and its plasticity. Elements of behavior are covered in parallel with their neural substrates, including the evolution of behavior and nervous systems, pattern generation, biological rhythms, sleep, sensory and motor systems, decision, motivation and arousal, appetitite, stress, memory, neural mechanisms of behavioral pathology and the tuning of neural circuits in development and through use (homeostatic plasticity). The power of computational simulations will be introduced with some hands-on experience. Same as NEUR 426. Prerequisites: MCB 401 or MCB 412, or MCB 414, or consent of instructor.