Neurosafari Neurosafari Institute (the future of the brain) organizes a new course of neuroscience courses:
Educational course on the basics of neuroscience, knowledge of the brain and familiarity with research methods (seventeenth period)
Lecturer: Dr. Mir Shahram Safari
Post-doctorate in neuroscience from Riken, Japan
Member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Neuroscience Association
Member of the Faculty of Neurological Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Director of the Laboratory of Dynamics of Cortical Neural Networks
Classes start: November 3, 2017
Registration deadline: November 1, 2017
Class capacity: 10 people, based on registration priority
Number of teaching hours: 25 hours in 5 weeks
Event days: Thursdays – 9 am to 2 pm
Venue: Tehran – Tajrish
Addressees: technical and engineering fields of study – basic sciences – humanities – art – medical and biological sciences other than neurosciences
All participants will be awarded an official certificate.
Headlines:
Introduction to Neurons and Neural Networks
Biophysical properties of excitable membranes
Resting Potentials & Action Potentials
Ionic Mechanisms of Action Potentials
Neural structures
Synaptic Transmission
Synaptic Plasticity
Organization of Cell Types
Synapse Formation/Survival/Elimination
Overview of the Nervous System
Levels of information processing in the nervous system
Where are the brain codes?
Where is cognition?
Introducing different branches of brain science
Choosing appropriate methods for your research
Temporal and spatial resolution of readout and brain modulation techniques
How to choose appropriate subject for brain research
Molecular probes
Optogenetics in neuroscience
Electrophysiological methods for reading out and modulating brain functions
Connectomics
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