Instructor: Sumantra Chattarji (coordinator), Upinder Bhalla, Sanjay Sane, Vatsala Tirumalai
Time: 11:30 - 13:00; F 9:00 - 10:30
Duration of the course:
1st Jan 2012 to 31st Jul 2012
Days: Mon, Wed
Credits: 3
Class Room: LH2 (Langra)
Course Outline:

Neuro basic course will consist of 4 modules of around 6 lectures each, plus a couple of labs on electrical models of cells. Each lecture will be around 90 minutes. Two lectures a week, and there will also be a TA-led tutorial session each week.

Module 1: Upi: Cellular biophysics.
Neurons as electrical entities. Passive properties and cable theory. Active properties and Hodgkin-Huxley equations.

Module 2: Shona: Synaptic transmission in invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems;
Synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain;
Basic concepts in neuroanatomy

Module 3: Vatsala: Small circuits and neuromodulators
Module 4: Sanjay: Comparative neurobiology and ethology

Course Term: Jan Term - 2012
Course Year: 2011/2012