Neural Engineering (BIOEN 498C) homepage
When: Fall 2009, WF 3:30-4:50 P.M.
Where: HST T473 except visits to UW Neural Engineering labs.
Handouts: provided as PDFs in this website at least one class day before the lectures.
Assignments: online quizzes/essays given at the end of each section or sub-section.
Grading: three assignments (0-4 points; weights: 0.25, 0.5 and 1) and class participation (+ 0.1 points).
Pre-requisites: None specifically.
Textbook: (not mandatory, but it's a good one for ~30% of the material) "Neural Engineering" by Bin He (ed.), Kluwer Academic / Plenum Press. There is one copy at the Engineering Library. If "neuron" and "ion channel" do not mean anything to you, this course might be a little difficult for you - but you are welcome to take it! I recommend starting with Brainfacts, a quick introduction to the nervous system, and moving on to more general textbooks such as "Principles of Neural Science" by Kandel/Schwartz/Jessell (Fourth ed.).
Important note for disabled individuals: If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, (206) 543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services indicating you have a disability that requires academic accommodations, please present the letter to me so we can discuss the accommodations you might need for the class.
Broad description: This course introduces students to the broad field of Neural Engineering. The course is approximately divided in four sections: 1) Technologies for monitoring neural activity in vivo (whole brain, from human to small animals) and in vitro (from slices to dissociated cells); discussion of challenges associated with device portability, accessibility of stimulation site, and stimulation scale; wireless EEG, fMRI, microfabricated electrode arrays (MEAs), patch clamp electrophysiological recordings; 2) Devices for replacing or restoring neural function: implantable electrodes, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), cochlear implants, artificial retina, artificial nose; 3) Devices for in-vitro neuroscience: neuronal micropatterns, microfluidic systems, iontophoresis, patch clamp chips; 4) Computational and imaging approaches: The BrainBow project, the UW Human Brain project.
Tentative
Calendar (check later, it may change!):
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SEPTEMBER |
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30
-- First day:
Course basics; Syllabus; Flash Introduction to the Nervous System:
Anatomy; The Neuron; See slides in PDF
(or in PPT) and
"BrainFacts" |
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OCTOBER |
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System (cont.): Electrical Excitability; Microelectrode arrays, patch clamp technique. See slides in PDF
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NOVEMBER |
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18-- SECTION 2. |
21 -- -- SECTION 2. Replacing/Restoring
neural function. Neurorobotics.
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25 --SECTION 2. Replacing/Restoring
neural function. Radiation
therapy. See
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27 -- NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) |
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DECEMBER |
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2-- SECTION 3. In-vitro systems for
molecular/cellular neuroscience. State-of-the art
of neuronal cell culture technology;
See slides. |
4 -- SECTION 3. In-vitro systems for
molecular/cellular neuroscience. Slices on a chip;
patch clamp chips; iontophoresis.
See slides. |
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