Behavioral Neuroscience

• GMS BN 775: Human Neuropsychology I
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course focuses on the relationship of the field of neuropsychology to other medical and scientific disciplines. Includes neuropsychological assessment, electrical activity of the brain, the study of attention, cerebral dominance, pathologies of language, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD and Parkinson's Disease. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BN 776: Human Neuropsychology II
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course focuses on the relationship of the field of neuropsychology to other medical and scientific disciplines. Includes neuropsychological and pathological aspects of neurological disease. Topics include dementing diseases, memory, epilepsy, child development, neurotoxicant exposures, and brain stimulation treatments. 4 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BN 778: Basic Neuro
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Overview includes neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, neurobehavior, and neuropsychopharmacology. Processes occurring at the cellular and physiological levels are related to known central nervous system dysfunction. 4 cr across the Fall and Spring sems.
• GMS BN 779: Basic Neuroscience
  Processes occurring at the cellular and physiological levels are related to known central nervous system dysfunction. Fall Semester: Overview to include neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, neurobehavior, and neuro-psychopharmacology. Spring Semester: Review of brain function and selected topics such as movement disorders, schizophrenia, neurotoxicology, sleep, electrophysiology, and head injury. 2 cr Fall sem and 2 cr Spring sem
• GMS BN 780: Behavioral and Biological Aspects of Stress and Trauma
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course provides an overview of theory and research on stress and trauma, with attention to biological, psychological, and social factors. Special emphasis placed on gender issues, developmental factors, psychopathology, and physical health. 2 cr, Spring semester every other year.
• GMS BN 782: Forensic Practice in Neuropsychology and Neuroscience
  Graduate Prerequisites: Human Neuropsychology course or some other introduction to the study o f brain-behavior relations; consent of instructor - This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS BN 791: Directed Studies in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Var cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BN 792: Directed Studies in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Var cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BN 794: BRAIN DOMINANCE
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS BN 795: Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Perception
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - The study of normal and abnormal perception and memory is related to brain structure and function. This seminar covers theoretical and clinical issues about how abilities change in normal and abnormal (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) conditions, using a variety of methods. 4 cr, Fall or Spring sem. on demand.
• GMS BN 796: Neuropsychological Assessment I
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Overview of neuropsychological tests used for cognitive assessment in clinical and research settings. Focus is on determining appropriate outcome measures to quantify brain behavior relationships. Students will learn the Boston Process Approach for qualitative measurements and standardized assessment procedures of quantitative measurements in the differential diagnosis and symptomatology of neurological and neuropsychiatric syndromes. The course prepares students to design neuropsychological assessment batteries for research studies. Students work with the instructor to develop a research protocol for neurological populations of interest to the student. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BN 797: Neuropsychological Assessment II
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - 4 cr, Spring sem. on demand
• GMS BN 798: CNS Functions – Functional Neuroanatomy in Neuropsychology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Overview of central nervous system, structure and function; basic understanding of neurobehavioral symptoms and their relationship to neuropathology, neuroepidemiology, including vascular infections, and congenital, degenerative, and toxic insults to the central nervous system, and will include laboratory examination of a specimen of a human brain. Appropriate for psychologists, speech pathologists, or other students in the behavioral sciences. 4 cr, 1st sem.
• GMS BN 821: Seminar in Neuroimaging
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Overview of neuroimaging techniques available as adjuncts to neuropsychological measures of human brain damage. Intended for students with limited background in the application of neuroimaging techniques for the study of neuropsychiatric illnesses. Techniques, including MRI, fMRI, DTI, MRS, PET and SPECT will be covered with relevance to selected neurobehavioral disorders. 2 cr, Spring sem..
• GMS BN 891: Case Studies NP
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS BN 892: Case Studies
  2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BN 893: Child Clinical Neuropsychology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Covers general theoretical issues (e.g., intrauterine and postnatal development of the brain, handedness and lateralization of function, and recovery of function and neurobehavioral plasticity); diagnostic entities (e.g., attention deficit disorder, effects of early brain damage, developmental language disorders, dyslexia, and effects of malnutrition); and assessment and treatment (development of attention, social, spatial abilities, and language). 4 cr, Fall or Spring sem, on demand.
• GMS BN 991: Research in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Var cr, Fall sem.
• GMS BN 992: Research in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Var cr, Spring sem.