Advanced Topics in Sensory Neuroscience

Harvard FAS

Animals sense stimuli with diverse physical properties in their environments, from chemical cues such as odorants to mechanical cues such as light touch. This course explores how properties of molecules, cells, and circuits enable detection and perception across a wide variety of stimuli. Through discussion of primary literature, we will cover basic concepts in sensory transduction, information coding, and functional organization of sensory systems, with examples across systems, including…