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9.013J | Spring 2008 | Graduate

# Cell and Molecular Neurobiology

#### Course Description

This course explores the major areas of cellular and molecular neurobiology, including excitable cells and membranes, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission, cell-type determination, axon guidance, neuronal cell biology, neurotrophin signaling and cell survival, synapse formation and neural plasticity. …
This course explores the major areas of cellular and molecular neurobiology, including excitable cells and membranes, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission, cell-type determination, axon guidance, neuronal cell biology, neurotrophin signaling and cell survival, synapse formation and neural plasticity. Material includes lectures and exams, and involves presentation and discussion of primary literature. It focuses on major concepts and recent advances in experimental neuroscience.

## Course Info

##### Instructors

- Prof. Martha Constantine-Paton
- Prof. Morgan Sheng
- Prof. William Quinn

##### Departments

- Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Biology

##### Topics

- Science
  - Biology
    - Cell Biology
    - Molecular Biology
    - Neurobiology

##### Learning Resource Types

assignment Presentation Assignments
Image 1. Ion channel model.
Image 2. Cultured hippocampal neuron illuminated by GFP fluorescence, functional synaptic terminals labeled with FM4-64.
Image 3. Retinal axon projections in a 48 hour old zebrafish embryo.
(Images courtesy of Nathan Wilson.)

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