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Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30-12:00 AM, 208 FLTC
Discussion section: Wednesday, 3 - 4 PM. 3706 West Building
Coursemaster:.Paul Gray pgray@pcg.wustl.edu
Teaching assistant: Michael Vasek, mjvasek@artsci.wustl.edu
This course will present a fully integrated overview of nerve cell structure, function and development at the molecular and cellular level. Broad topics to be covered include gene structure and regulation in the nervous system, quantitative analysis of voltage- and chemically-gated ion channels, presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms of chemical neurotransmission, sensory transduction, neurogenesis and migration, axon guidance and synapse formation.
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