Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 326 or PSY-P 346
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors

Clinical Neuroscience continues to be one of the fastest growing branches in neuroscience and psychology. Clinical Neuroscience focuses on the fundamental mechanisms that underlie disorders of the nervous system. Clinical neuroscientists ¿ basic researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons seek to develop new ways to diagnose, prevent and treat neurological and psychiatric disorders that currently affect millions of people. Fewer diagnoses in modern medicine evoke greater apprehension than neurological and psychiatric disorders; however, we are on the threshold of great breakthroughs and understanding. Recent advances in understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms of brain function provide a platform on which scientists are beginning to develop treatments for these devastating disorders. In this course, we will focus on brain regions and circuits as well as neurochemical and developmental systems affected by neurological and psychiatric disorders. This course will also focus on current and developing approaches for diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Furthermore, we will discuss how studying these disorders informs us about the mechanisms of normal brain function, further advancing our knowledge on the brain and behavior. The primary goal of this course is to increase your understanding of neurological disorders and the brain mechanism underlying them.