NROB60H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aplysia, Endocrinology, Computational Model
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* a good component of the first lecture is going over the syllabus, and that"s skipped in the notes* => we"ve learned a tremendous amount about long-term potentiation, one of the main forms of energy storage, from. Prepared by: hassan alibhai: we"re using a sheep brain in this course, reasons: large, accessible, not human, many similar structures to humans, less cost, major parts, the dorsal surface, the cerebellum, the brain stem. The midterm test contains a significant labelling component, and the diagrams are taken straight from the textbook (like these)! Prepared by: hassan alibhai: neuroscience today, reductionist approach => breaking down neuroscience into different levels of analysis, molecular, cellular, systems, behavioural, cognitive. Some researchers may be looking at the relationship between some or all of these levels: what is a neuroscientist, varying levels of education, training, research experience, clinical vs.
