Rafael Polania: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Dr. Rafael Polania |
| Address | Neurowiss. der Entscheid.prozesse ETH Zürich, Y36 M 6 Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 99 75 |
| Department | Health Sciences and Technology |
| Relationship | Assistant Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | ||||||||
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| 376-1305-01L | Neural Systems for Sensory, Motor and Higher Brain Functions Information for UZH students: Enrolment to this course unit only possible at ETH. No enrolment to module BIO343 at UZH. Please mind the ETH enrolment deadlines for UZH students: Link | 3 credits | 2V | G. Schratt, J. Bohacek, R. Fiore, R. Polania, W. von der Behrens, J. Winterer, further lecturers | ||||||||
| Abstract | The course covers the structure of the adult nervous system (NS) with focus on: sensory systems, cognitive functions, learning and memory, molecular and cellular mechanisms, animal models, and diseases of the NS. | |||||||||||
| Learning objective | The aim is to give a deepened insight into the structure of the nervous system based on molecular, cellular and biochemical approaches. | |||||||||||
| Content | The main focus is on the structure of the NS: biology of the adult nervous system; structural plasticity of the adult nervous system, repair of the NS: networks and nerve fibers, pathological loss of cells. | |||||||||||
| Literature | The lecture requires reading of book chapters, handouts and original scientific papers. Further information will be given in the individual lectures and are mentioned on Moodle. | |||||||||||
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