| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Neuroscience (Biomedical Sciences) |
Other subject area | Neuroscience (Biological Sciences) |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course encompasses a variety of topics, they include:
Embryological origin of the nervous system
Modelling human neurodegenerative diseases in Drosophila
Origin of glia and the relationship between glial development and axon survival
Postnatal neurodevelopmental disorders: A synaptic plasticity problem?
The role of glutamate neurtransmission in somatosensory cortex development
Invertebrate neurogenesis
Stem cells in the adult CNS
Wnt signalling in CNS development
Development of dendrites
Cell Death
Students will receive reading material to prepare them for each lecture allowing full participation of the class in discussions. Essay questions and a presentation will form the course assessment. |
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