ZNZ HS16 Introductory Course in Neuroscience

Summary of the ZNZ - HS16 Introductory Course in Neuroscience - Fall 2016

The course is divided in three modules:

1. Human & Comparative Neuroanatomy (Organization: Irmgard Amrein)

• Human Neuroanatomy I: Urs Meyer
• Human Neuroanatomy II: Urs Meyer
• Comparative Neuroanatomy: Urs Meyer

2. Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience (Organization: Bruno Weber)

• Building a central nervous system I: Stephan Neuhauss
• Excitability: Martin Müller
• Building a central nervous system II: Sebastian Jessberger
• Glia and more: Bruno Weber
• Synapses I: Csaba Földy
• Synapses II: Theo Karayannis

3. Systems Neuroscience (Organization: Fritjof Helmchen)

• Somatosensory and Motor Systems: Fritjof Helmchen
• Visual System: Daniel Kiper
• Auditory & Vestibular System: Sascha Frühholz
• Circuits underlying Emotion: Chris Pryce
• Learning in artificial and biological neural networks: Jean-Pascal Pfister

• General reference textbooks
  • Neuroscience: Dale Purves; 4th ed.; Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer, 2007 ISBN 9780878936977
  • Principles of neural science: Eric R. Kandel; 5th, rev. ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008 ISBN 978-0-07-139011-8
  • Fundamental neuroscience: Larry R. Squire; 3rd ed. New York: Academic Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0-12-374019-9