Neurobiology 2 : Circuits and Systems
Instructor: Vatsala Thirumalai, Sanjay P Sane
Time: 10.00-11.30 AM
Duration of the course:
1st Mar 2021 to 31st May 2021
Days: Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Credits: 2
Course Outline:
Central pattern generators: invertebrate models, vertebrate models, mechanisms of rhythm generation.
Neuromodulation: Signaling, examples in networks, and network implications
Muscle contraction and sensory feedback from muscles , Descending control, reticulospinal network.
Cerebellum and basal ganglia (labs interspersed) Diversity of nervous systems
Sensory coding: vision, mechanosensors,olfaction
Diversity of sensory systems
Diversity motor systems
Motor decoding – work-loop hypothesis in locomotory systems
Introduction to neuroethology
Course Term: Jan Term - 2021
Course Year: 2020/2021