Special Topics: Genetics, Neurobiology, and Pathophysiology of Psychiatric Disorders
9.914 · Brain and Cognitive Sciences · Graduate · Fall 2008
Prof. Edward Scolnick, Prof. Li-Huei Tsai
An opportunity for graduate study of advanced subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences not included in other subject listings. The key topics covered in this course are Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Genetics of Psychiatric Disorder, DISC1, Ca++ Signaling, Neurogenesis and Depression, Lithium and GSK3 Hypothesis, Behavioral Assays, CREB in Addiction and Depressive Behaviors, The GABA System-I, The GABA System-II, The Glutamate Hypothesis of Schizophrenia, The Dopamine Pathway and D…
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Prof. Edward Scolnick, Prof. Li-Huei Tsai. 9.914 Special Topics: Genetics, Neurobiology, and Pathophysiology of Psychiatric Disorders. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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