Online Course on Medical Neuroscience from Duke University

Duke University is offering an online course on Medical Neuroscience. Medical Neuroscience explores the functional organization and neurophysiology of the human central nervous system, while providing a neurobiological framework for understanding human behavior. In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition.

Name of the course:

Medical Neuroscience

Organiser:

Duke University

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Key points covered:

• Human brain
• Surface Anatomy of the Human CNS
• Electrical Excitability and Signal Propagation
• Synaptic Transmission and Synaptic Plasticity
• General Principles and Somatic Sensation
• The Visual System
• Audition, Vestibular Sensation and the Chemical Senses
• Lower and Upper Motor Neurons
• Modulation of Movement
• The Brain Across the Lifespan
• Complex brain functions

Course objective

The overall goal of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding the impairments of sensation, action and cognition that accompany injury, disease or dysfunction in the central nervous system. The course will build upon knowledge acquired through prior studies of cell and molecular biology, general physiology and human anatomy, as we focus primarily on the central nervous system.

Eligibility:

Anybody who wishes to learn can apply

Target audience:

Graduate level first year college students who are in health professions

When:

June 5

Duration:

13 weeks

Where:

Online

Number of seats:

Limited

How to apply:

Apply online

Last date of admission:

Apply before June 5

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