Vue d'ensemble
Psychiatrie : Covers biochemical mechanisms underlying central nervous system function. Introduces basic neuroanatomy, CNS cell types and morphology, neuronal excitability, chemically mediated transmission, glial function. Biochemistry of specific neurotransmitters, endocrine effects on brain, brain energy metabolism and cerebral ischemia (stroke). With examples, where relevant, of biochemical processes disrupted in human CNS disease.
Trimestres : Hiver 2014
Chargés de cours : Flores Parkman, Ana Cecilia; Mechawar, Naguib; Wong, Tak Pan (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisites: BIOC 311, BIOC 312 or permission of instructor
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOC 455