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Course Objectives

Behavioral Neuroscience

The Use of Animals in Research 

The relationship between the mind and the body

The structure and function of the nervous system on anatomical, cellular, and molecular levels

Basic brain structures and related functions

Principles of psychopharmacology, sites of drug action, the role of neuromodulators and neurotransmitters

Research methodologies used in physiological psychological studies

Memory and learning in terms of biological and chemical events

The human endocrine system

The neurological pathways related to sleep and biological rhythms

The neurological pathways related to hunger and thirst

Cognitive functions