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.
Full syllabus is to be published