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Postgraduate Course: Principles of Neuroscience (INFR11048)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Informatics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThis course introduces students to the principles of experimental and computational neuroscience, by presenting different topics in neuroscience. The course provides research training to students in the 1+3 yr DTC PhD programme.
Course description During the course the students are exposed to active research area and methodologies in neuroscience. Every week a different research area is discussed. Examples are brain imaging, neuropharmacology, synaptic plasticity, and computational modeling . Each of the ten weeks consist of a combination of lectures by staff, tutorials, reading of papers in the particular area, and self-study. Each week is concluded by presentations in which groups of students present what they found in the literature, discuss implication, future research suggested by the papers, and place the subject in a wider context.

Relevant QAA Computing Curriculum Sections: Not yet available
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements First Year DTC neuroinformatics students only.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
1 - critically evaluate primary research literature in neuroscience
2 - evaluate the impact of neuroscience research in a computational context
3 - discuss recent developments in neuroscience and current experimental methodologies and techniques
4 - communicate and summarize scientific papers to a non-specialist audience.
5 - discuss a research topic in detail and form new hypotheses
Reading List
"Neuroscience", by Purves, Augustine, Fitzpatrick, Hall, LaMantia, McNamara, and White. ISBN: 0878936971 (Copies will be provided to DTC students by the DTC.)
Additional Information
Course URL http://course.inf.ed.ac.uk/pon
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Jim Bednar
Tel: (0131 6)51 3092
Email:
Course secretaryMs Katey Lee
Tel: (0131 6)50 2701
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