<p>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.</p>

Neurobiology

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David Geffen School of Medicine

Neurobiology is the study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior.

General Catalog

Functional Organization of Visual System

NEURBIO 225

2 units