Code: BIOL-429
Semester: H
Course Type: Elective
ECTS units: 5

Instructor

Associate Professor: Sidiropoulou Kiriaki
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Office phone number:  +30 2810 394071
Lab phone number:  +30 2810 394442

Description

Objectives of the course (preferably expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences):  To learn the fundamentals of neuronal cell structure and function.

Course contents: Brain anatomy and organization.  Cellular and subcellular organization of the nervous system. Blood-brain barrier and cerebrospinal fluid. Electrical properties of neurons.  Ion channels.  Neurotransmitter systems.  Synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity. Neurogenesis, gliogenesis. Metabolism in the nervous system.