neu141 - Visual Neuroscience - Physiology and Anatomy (Course overview)

Basic knowledge of neurobiology

Shared course components with (cannot be credited twice): neu151 BM Visual Neuroscience: Anatomy

during the course (summer semester, first half) In addition, mandatory but ungraded: seminar presentation

[nop] ++ Neurosci. knowlg. ++ Expt. Methods + Independent research ++ Scient. Literature + Social skills + Maths/Stats/Progr. ++ Data present./disc. + Scientific English + Ethics [/nop] Upon successful completion of this course, students • have basic knowledge of electrophysiological techniques used in neuroscience research • have acquired first practical skills in some electrophysiological techniques • have acquired basic skills in data analysis • have knowledge on retinal physiology and anatomy of the visual system • have basic knowledge of brain structures and their function • have profound knowledge of the architecture and circuits of the vertebrate retina • have aquired basic skills in histological techniques (tissue fixation, embedding, sectioning, staining procedures, immunohistochemistry) • have aquired fundamental skills in microscopy (differential interference contrast microscopy, phase-contrast microscopy, confocal microscopy)