| GPLS 627 | Developmental Neurobiology
Credits: 3
Course Master: Douglas Frost, Ph.D.  Introduces students to developmental neurobiology, approached at the cellular and molecular levels. Topics include neurulation; glial and neuronal cell lineage; trophic factors and their mechanisms of action; cell death, neuronal differentiation, and the role of tropic and trophic interactions; axonal transport, synaptogenesis, and synaptic differentiation; neuron-glia interactions; and regeneration and plasticity.
Each class consists of a lecture and a discussion of readings.
Offered in the Spring of every other year.
Offered in:
Spring |