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Dr. Perry has taught courses in the graduate
programs in Complex Systems & Brain Sciences, Psychology and Integrative
Biology, and undergraduate courses in Psychobiology. In addition to formal
teaching, Dr. Perry has taught special seminars and students can complete
directed independent study (DIS) credits in his laboratory. The formal
courses listed in the graduate and undergraduate catalogs are:
- Neuroscience 1 & 2, PSB 6345 & 6346 (6 credits total). These are upper level graduate
lecture courses required of students in the PhD Program in Complex Systems
and Brain Sciences, but open to all graduate students. These courses cover
the principles of neural science including nerve cell biology, membrane
biophysics, neurotransmission, functional neuroanatomy, sensory
processes, neural development and higher brain function such as learning
and memory, and are team-taught with Dr. Robert Vertes and Dr. Robert Stackman.
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- Developmental Neurobiology PSB 5515 (3 credits). A graduate level lecture and
seminar course covering the fundamental principles and recent advances in
the development of the brain and nervous system, including nerve cell
migration, axon outgrowth, specificity and plasticity, neurotrophism,
nerve cell death and the influence of experience in patterning the nervous
system. Senior undergraduates are also permitted to take this course with
permission from the instructor. This course is currently offered by Dr. Kathleen
Guthrie.
- Biological Bases of Behavior, PSB 3002 (3 credits). An undergraduate lecture course
required of all Psychology and Psychobiology majors which covers the
structure and function of the nervous system as it relates to behavior.
Topics include basic neuroanatomy, membrane and
action potential, neurotransmission, methods in psychobiology, sensory
systems, muscle and control of movement. This course is offered by
various behavioral neuroscience faculty from the Department of
Psychology.
- Biological Bases of Behavior II, PSB 4004 (3 credits). An undergraduate lecture course
which surveys the biological bases of species-typical behaviors such as
sleep, learning and memory, ingestive behaviors,
reproductive behaviors, emotion and stress, and human communication. PSB
3002 is pre-requisite for this course. This course is offered by
various behavioral neuroscience faculty from the Department of
Psychology.
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