The course gives an introduction to the main subdisciplines of neuroscience, including neuroinformatics, with the aim to provide a general understanding of the organization and functioning of the nervous system from the single cell and the neuronal networks underlying the control and generation of behaviour to the higher brain functions.
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The function of the single nerve cell at the molecular and cellular level; the organization of the nervous system and its neuronal networks; neural control of simple and more complex functions; the most common neuroinformatics approaches.
The course comprises lectures and practical exercises.
Following the course the student should be able to:
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Single course students: 90 university credits including 45 university credits in Mathematics or Information Technology. English B, or equivalent.
If there are too few applicants the course can be cancelled.
Mandatory courses for B, D, E, F, K, M, Me, P or T at KTH, or equivalent.
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Purves, Augustine, Fitzpatrick, Hall, LaMantia, White (Ed) Neuroscience 5th ed. Sinauer Associates Inc Publishers 2011.
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
In this course all the regulations of the code of honor at the School of Computer science and Communication apply, see: http://www.kth.se/csc/student/hederskodex/1.17237?l=en_UK.
Taking part in the practical exercises gives bonus points.
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Further information about the course can be found on the Course web at the link below. Information on the Course web will later be moved to this site.
Course web DD2401Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering
Second cycle
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Alexander Kozlov (akozlov@kth.se)
Compulsory to be present at the course introduction.
In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex