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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF
Neuroscience Courses 2011 - 2012
Year Long Courses
NS221: Current Topics in Neuroscience - Course CANCELLED as of 10/11/11
Students will read and discuss papers related to the current week’s formal Neuroscience Seminar series, attend the seminar, and meet with the speaker.
Directors: Ying-Hui Fu, email: ying-hui.fu@ucsf.edu and
Stavros Lomvardas, email:stavros.lomvardas@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every year
Schedule: Follows selected seminar speakers’ schedules. Class meets twice a week 5:30-6:30pm on Tuesdays and 9-10am on Fridays for each selected speaker. Approximately 10 speakers selected per year.
Note: This is a year-long course. Students who wish to take in must sign up for it in the fall, winter and spring quarters (starting in the fall quarter).
Courses by Semester
NS201A: Basic Concepts in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
An interdisciplinary introduction to fundamental aspects of nervous system function. The course emphasizes the ionic and molecular basis of excitability, synaptic transmission and signal transduction.
Directors: Jeffry Lansman, email: jeff.lansman@ucsf.eduand Eric Huang, email: eric.huang2@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every fall
Schedule: 9-11am, 3 times per week.
NS248: Neural and Behavioral Analysis
Lectures, critical discussions, and problem solving using Matlab. Topics will include: probability, descriptive statistics, binomial and poisson processes, analysis of spike trains, and analysis of dynamic neural and behavioral data. Previous Matlab experience strongly suggested.
Director: Loren Frank, email: loren@phy.ucsf.edu
Offered: Every two years.
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am-12pm
NS201B: Basic Concepts in Systems Neuroscience
Introduction to fundamental aspects of nervous system development, including neural determination, axon guidance, and neuron-target interactions, and overview of basics of integrative neural function, including sensory, motor and limbic systems, and computational neuroscience.
Director: Michael Brainard, email: msb@phy.ucsf.edu, Eric Huang, email: eric.huang2@ucsf.edu
Offered: Every Winter
Schedule: 9-11am, 3 days/week
NS243: Cognitive Science - COURSE CANCELLED FOR WINTER 2012
This course will cover research investigating the neural basis of cognition, primarily focusing on neurophysiological studies in animals using electrode recordings and humans using fMRI, PET, MEG, EEG, and TMS. Topics to be covered include methods, perception, attention, memory, executive functions, reward, emotion, motor control, language, development and aging.
Director: Adam Gazzaley, email: adam.gazzaley@ucsf.edu
Schedule: Advanced Neuroscience Courses are taught in the evenings, 2 nights a week for 2 hours/night, between 5-7 pm.
NS219: Topics in Basic or Translational Neuroscience (Mini Courses)
Info for each course will be listed on the pages below:
Interneuron Development - John Rubenstein and Sam Pleasure
Neuroinflammation - Li Gan and Susanna Rosi
NS214: Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research
The syllabus can be found here:
Coordinator: Laura Goodwin
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Wednesdays at Parnassus, room N729
Thursdays at Mission Bay, Genentech Hall Auditorium
Each week, the same session is taught at both Parnassus and Mission Bay. See the syllabus for exceptions!
2nd Year Students Must Attend