Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Instructors: Don Cooper, Ph.D. and Leah Leverich, Ph.D.
Email: DCOOPER@COLORADO.EDU
Blog: Neurocloud.org
Bookstore: Buff Brain Books
Neuroscience Online Classes: Introduction to Neuroscience (NRSC 2100)
Neuropharmacology (NRSC 4132)
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (NRSC 4032)

• This course covers the basic foundation needed to understand the brain at the cellular and systems level. The course focuses on neuroanatomy, cellular organization and the basic organization of the brain into neural systems. This includes systems that carry out basic sensory, motor, motivation, learning and memory functions. The course includes a computational modeling recitation that allows students to build their own realistic conductance-based neural simulations of classic experiments in neurophysiology to more fully understand concepts of neural communication and decision-making at the cellular level.

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• Each week new content will be available such as new videos, self-assessment questions, flashcards, reading assignments etc. Please check regularly for new content and flash extra credit opportunities. The Assignments link in the sidebar will give you your assignment for the week, the point value and the estimated time to complete the assignment. In addition to the Assignments, each week you will have a new Neuroethics discussion topic that requires you to post your opinion in the threaded discussion on CU Neuroscience Facebook. Please copy your post and paste it in your student journal (my journal) with the date and topic.

Neurons in Action 2 is the second version of a unique CD-ROM-based learning tool that combines hyperlinked text with NEURON simulations of laboratory experiments in neurophysiology. Version 2 features nine new tutorials introducing new channel types, single-channel simulations, and a redesigned interface. Neurons in Action's moving graphs provide insight into nerve function that is simply not possible with conventional, static text and figure presentations. Students discover how changing parameters such a neuronal geometry, ion concentrations, ion channel densities, and degree of myelination affects the generation of action potentials, synaptic potentials, and the spread or propagation of voltages within a neuron.

Watch the Neurons in Action Overview Video