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Course Number 0455-3431-01
Course Name Molecular Approaches to Learning and Memory Problems
Academic Unit The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences -
Biology
Lecturer Prof. Ari BarzilaiContact
Contact Email: arib@tauex.tau.ac.il
Office Hours By appointmentBuilding: Sherman - Life Sciences , Room: 718
Mode of Instruction Lecture
Credit Hours 3
Semester 2020/2
Day Mon
Hours 12:00-15:00
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Short Course Description

1. Definition of learning.
2. Genetic determinant of learning.
3. Paradigms and research tools.
4. Brain and behavior
5. Learning and memory in invertebrates: Non-associative learning in Aplysia.
6. Learning and memory in invertebrates: Associative learning in Hermissenda.
7. Different approach: Neurogenetics, epigentics.
8. Learning and memory in vertebrates:
Long-term potentiation (LTP).
New approaches to study brain activity in behaving animals.
The role of glial cells in synaptic activity.
The complexity and neural-glial networks.
Neuro-glio ?vascular unit in health and disease.



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