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About the Course

The course uses contemporary cellular and molecular approaches to learn about the nervous system. Class meetings include lectures by a team of faculty and discussion sessions where students present original research papers. Required for first-year students in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, the course is also appropriate for graduate students in other programs and advanced undergraduates with previous background in neuroscience.

 

 

Additional Opportunities

If you would like to delve deeper into the field of cellular and molecular neuroscience, several additional opportunities are available:

1) You can join a journal club.

Glia Journal Club.
Contact Paulo Kofuji (kofuj001@umn.edu)

2) You can attend seminars and colloquia related to neuroscience:

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Neuroscience Colloquium

 

Photo Above

Photo, above, shows release of ATP from retinal glial cells. This pseudocolor image of luciferin-luciferase chemiluminescence shows the release of ATP after stimulation of glial cells on the surface of the rat retina. ATP released from glial cells in the retina is metabolized to adenosine, which, in turn, activates neuronal A1 adenosine receptors and inhibits retinal neurons. The image was taken 12 sec after glial cells were stimulated and shows a region of the retinal surface 480 µm wide.

 

 

 

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