Welcome to COGS107A
This first course in the sequence focuses on principles of brain organization, from neurons to circuits to functional networks. It explores developmental plasticity, neuronal connectivity, cellular communication, complex signaling, and how these various dimensions form functional brain systems.
It is highly recommended that students take Cognitive Science 17 (COGS17) or have a neuroanatomy and physiology background.
Having a basic background in biology (such as BILD2) is also essential.
Class Information
Summer Session 1: All information is on CANVAS.
Lecture:
ONLINE-VIDEOS on Canvas
Lab Section OH
Posted on CANVAS
via Zoom
Resources
- Required: Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain required textbook (4th Edition)
- Required: Neurons In Action lab software (wait until classes start before you install or get software)
- Companion Website for Purves 5e Neuroscience textbook (great resource with animations)
- Neuroscience Purves, et al (old, but a great additional textbook resource)
- Neuroscience Online and Open Source Textbook (animations and lectures by Dr. John Byrne University of Texas Health)
Contact and Office Hour Information
Posted on CANVAS
Mary Boyle:
online via Zoom
and gladly by appointment
mboyle@ucsd.edu