GENETICS FOR NEUROSCIENCE

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

This course integrates genetics into neuroscience and is intended to teach neuroscience students how to tackle neurobiological problems using genetic strategies and tools. In the introduction, students will be exposed to the basic concepts in genetics. Strategies using model organisms from C.elegans to mice will be covered. Finally we will discuss genetic approaches in humans. Course taught at Baylor College of Medicine. Instructor Permission Required. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: NEUR 323 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for NEUR 523 if student has credit for NEUR 323 .