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NS5005 - Sensory and Motor Neuroscience

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-requisite(s)
Very basic undergraduate knowledge of fundamentals of cell biology, physics and neuroscience is assumed.
Course Offering Term*:
Semester B 2024/25

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course aims to give students a very solid foundation in core aspects of neuroscience, namely how nervous systems collect information about their environment through sensory processes, and how they use this information to control voluntary movements of the body. The course will focus mostly on the mammalian nervous system, but examples from lower vertebrate and invertebrate systems may also be touched upon briefly. There will be a thorough examination of the structure and function of the major senses (vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste, balance) and an introduction to key stations of motor control, from motor units of skeletal muscle all the way to the role of cortex, cerebellum and basal ganglia in action planning and action selection. In addition, the lectures will introduce some of the key techniques used to study the role of neural activity in sensory and motor control, and touch on issues of multisensory-integration and sensory-motor interactions.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
 
Detailed Course Information

NS5005.pdf

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