BIOL 4080 - Clinical Neuroscience

4 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: NEUR 3000 or BIOL 4102 with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
This course will examine the neurobiological basis of mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia as well as the neurodegenerative conditions of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases. Additional topics include psychoneuroimmunology, stress and coping, the role of genetics and epigenetics in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, and the role of gut microbes in health and disease.