NEURBIO 225

Main Course

Functional Organization of Visual System

Description

Seminar, three hours. Preparation: basic neuroscience course. Recommended: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and/or neural systems courses. Designed for neuroscientists, cell biologists, and psychologists. Basic organizational, physiological, and functional principles of visual system and how visual information is processed at different levels of nervous system. Structure, microcircuitry organization and function of retina, central visual nuclei, and primary cortical areas mediating visual behavior. S/U or letter grading.