neu340 - Invertebrate Neuroscience - Neurophysiology (Course overview)

neu340 - Invertebrate Neuroscience - Neurophysiology (Course overview)

Department of Neurosciences 6 KP
Module components Semester courses Sommersemester 2023 Examination
Seminar
  • No access 6.03.341 - Invertebrate Neuroscience - Seminar Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Jutta Kretzberg
    • Prof. Dr. Jörg Albert
    • Ihor Arkhypchuk

    Dates on Tuesday, 30.05.2023 - Friday, 02.06.2023, Monday, 05.06.2023 - Friday, 09.06.2023, Monday, 12.06.2023 - Friday, 16.06.2023 08:15 - 09:45
    Preparatory meeting: see information group of study programme (https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/dispatch.php/course/details?sem_id=97e03f9766f14bbfcfea99fc853251af)
Exercises
  • No access 6.03.342 - Invertebrate Neuroscience - Exercises Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Jutta Kretzberg
    • Ihor Arkhypchuk

    Dates on Tuesday, 30.05.2023 - Friday, 02.06.2023, Monday, 05.06.2023 - Friday, 09.06.2023, Monday, 12.06.2023 - Friday, 16.06.2023 10:00 - 14:00
    Experiments will be done in small groups in the labs of PhD students. Plan in 4 hours per day, but time slots may differ depending on the experimens.
Notes on the module
Prerequisites
attendance in pre-meeting
Kapazität/Teilnehmerzahl 12 (
this module provides the background for neu345 "Neural Computation in invertebrate systems"
)
Prüfungszeiten
during the course (summer term, second half)
Module examination
Portfolio consisting of short tests, short reports (according to portfolio assighnments) and seminar presentation
Skills to be acquired in this module

++ Neurosci. knowlg.
++ Expt. Methods
+ Scient. Literature
+ Social skills
+ Maths/Stats/Progr.
+ Independent Research
+ Data present./disc.
+ Scientific English
+ Ethics

Upon successful completion of this course, students

  • have knowledge on invertebrate neuronal systems in comparison to vertebrate systems
  • have discussed an overview of experimental and theoretical methods of invertebrate neuroscienc
  • have acquired first practical skills in intracellular recordings from invertebrate neurons
  • have acquired basic skills in data analysis
  • have acquired an intuitive understanding of membrane potential and action potential generation based on computer simulations