MI550 SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE
| Course Code: |
9060550 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Medical Informatics |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Electrical and chemical neural signaling is introduced. Sub-components of the central nervous system and autonomous nervous system are studied thoroughly with morphological and functional aspects. Sensory processing along the visual, auditory, olfactory, somatosensory pathways and the descending motor pathway is discussed and laboratory experiments are performed for each tract. Clinical evidences and pathologies are covered through exercises.
