301298 (v.2) Neuroscience 332

Area:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Tutorial:

1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly

Equivalent(s):

301433 (v.5) BIO31 Our Internal Internet or any previous version
302425 (v.2) Our Internal Internet - Its Structure and Function 304 or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

8472 (v.11) Physiology 231 or any previous version
AND
8846 (v.7) Physiology 232 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Overview of the nervous system, blood supply to the brain, meninges, CSF, ventricular system, excitatory and inhibitory synapses and transmitters, receptors types and functions, somatosensation, visual, auditory and vestibular perception, cortical, cerebellar and brainstem control of movement and posture, cranial nerves. The roles of the hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system and interaction with the cerebrum. The roles of the limbic system in emotion, learning and memory.

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Field of Education:

60100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Categorised

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area