Module: 3
Sponsoring Program: Neuroscience
Administrator: Lucita Nacionales

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: NS219
Course Name: Thalamocortical circuits
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Jeanne Paz

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Dates: May 9 - May 27
Campus: MB
Room: TBD
Schedule: Tue, Wed, Thurs 1-3pm
Maximum Class Size: TBD
 

Course Description: Thalamocortical circuits mediate attention, perception, sensation, consciousness and rhythm generation. Disruption in these circuits is involved in neurologic disorders such as epilepsy and psychiatric disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and schizophrenia. The goal of this mini-course will be to provide intense exposure to functions of the thalamocortical loops from the biophysical properties of thalamic neurons to the synapse to the circuit, and to how these functions are altered in disease. Lectures will be combined with a review of recent scientific advances in the field or a patient clinic conference. At the end of this course, students should have a fundamental understanding of the basic physiology and pathophysiology of the thalamocortical circuits, and current tools and approaches used to study these circuits.

1-2 manuscripts will be provided before each course. You need to be prepared to discuss the manuscripts and think of 1 question related to each manuscript.