Department: Neurosciences Program

Code Name Description
NEPR201 Neuro-Cellular Core Focuses on fundamental aspects of cellular neurophysiology. Topics include exploration of electrophysiological properties of neurons, synaptic structure and function and synaptic plasticity. The course consists of didactic lectures and student-led di...
NEPR202 Neurosciences Development Core For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Introductory course covers all aspects of nervous system development, from cell fate determination, axon...
NEPR203 Neuroscience Systems Core Open to first-year neuroscience graduate students and to other qualified students by permission of the instructors. Introduction to encoding and processing of information by neural systems. Focus is on sensory and motor circuits.
NEPR204 Neuroscience Molecular Core For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Course provides an overview of molecular neuroscience by focusing on a few selected key topics, such as m...
NEPR205 Neurosciences Anatomy Core For first-year Neuroscience graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Focus is on the anatomical organization underlying the principal functions of the nervous system, includi...
NEPR207 Neurosciences Cognitive Core For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neuroscience students. Focus is on several domains of cognitive function where cognitive neuroscience approaches have been succe...
NEPR208 Neuroscience Computational Core For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neurosciences students. Introduces students to computational and theoretical methods in neuroscience. Emphasis on what questions...
NEPR209 Introduction to Mathematical Tools in Neuroscience Student-instructed. This course serves as a primer to computational approaches used in neuroscience. The main focus will be on introductory linear algebra and its implementation in software such as Python. As an introductory course no specific mathem...
NEPR212 Responsible Conduct of Neuroscience Research Enrollment restricted to Neurosciences IDP students. Responsible conduct of research and ethics as it relates to research in neuroscience. Topics are in accord with NIH guidelines. Each topic has guest lecturers with specific insight into the particu...
NEPR213 Neurogenetics Core For first-year Neurosciences graduate students; open to other graduate students as space permits with preference given to Neurosciences students. Intensive introduction to genetics. Classical and modern genetics with an emphasis on their application...
NEPR224 Mapping the human visual system The human visual system has more than two dozen topographic maps of the visual field. This course will explain principles of topographic maps in the visual system, mapping of visual areas using retinotopy, as well as modeling spatial and temporal com...
NEPR280 Neuroscience Journal Club and Professional Development Series Neuroscience Journal Club and Professional Development Series New description: Required of Neurosciences Ph.D. students in Autumn, Winter, and Spring of the first three years of study. Recent papers in neuroscience literature presented by graduate st...
NEPR288 Cellullar/Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory Stanford Immersive Neuroscience is a laboratory course on cellular and molecular neuroscience. It features lectures and laboratories and covers topics such as cloning, hybridization, vector design, immunohistochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, elec...
NEPR299 Directed Reading in Neurosciences Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
NEPR399 Graduate Research StudenInvestigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
NEPR464 Measuring Learning in the Brain Everything we learn - be it a historical fact, the meaning of a new word, or a skill like reading, math, programming or playing the piano - depends on brain plasticity. The human brain's incredible capacity for learning is served by a variety of lear...
NEPR801 TGR Project No Description Set
NEPR802 TGR Dissertation No Description Set