Imaging in Neuroscience

2 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This is a 2-credit graduate level course that will be focused on functional and structural imaging approaches to neuroscience. This course will use primary literature and lectures from experts in the imaging field. Topics to be covered include the basics of: microscopy (brightfield, fluorescent, confocal, 2-photon), MRI, fMRI, PET, near infrared spectroscopy and imaging (NIRS), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and Electroencephalography/Event Related Potentials (EEG/ERP) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG). This course is a required course for MS in Integrative Neuroscience students. It is open to undergraduate Neuroscience majors, Biology, IPN and Psychology graduate students with course director approval.