Classes

BE209 Principles of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology

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BE575 Introduction to Neuroengineering

Course Schedule: Spring 2012, MW 2-4pm, SCI 115

Instructor: Prof. Xue Han, Office: ERB 521, Office hour: TBA, Email: xuehan@bu.edu

Pre-requisites: BE 209, BE 401, BE 491, BE492 or equivalent.

Suggested Textbooks:

Neuroengineering, edited by Daniel Dilorenzo and Joseph Bronzino, CRC Press;
Principles of Neural Science, Eric Kandel et al, McGraw-Hill Medical; 4th edition

Course description: This course covers existing and future neurotechnologies for analyzing brain signals and for treating neurological and psychiatric diseases. It focuses on the biophysical, biochemical, anatomical principles governing the design of current neurotechnologies, with a goal of encouraging innovations of a new generation of therapies.  Topics include basic microscopic and macroscopic architecture of the brain, the fundamental properties of individual neurons and ensemble neural networks, electrophysiology, DBS, TMS, various imaging methods, optical neural control technologies, optogenetics, neuropharmacology, gene therapy, and stem-cell therapy. Discussions of related literatures and design projects will be involved. Enrollment is limited to 30 students.