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Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 2: Neurons and Networks

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6 weeks

3-5 hours per week

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$ 249

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Enroll as Individual

Certificate Price:

$ 249

Enroll on edX

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

Neurons in isolation are fascinating and complicated, but the real magic of neuroscience happens in the interaction between neurons. In this course, we examine how neurons pass signals to one another and how complex dynamics can result from just a few neurons arranged in relatively simple circuits.

Continue your journey through our Fundamentals of Neuroscience series with animations that explore the richness and complexity of the brain, documentaries about working labs around Cambridge.

Join us as we use virtual labs that simulate neuron circuitry as we investigate the collective behavior of neurons and learn how the brain modulates the signals in those networks.

The course will be delivered via edX and connect learners around the world. By the end of the course, participants will learn:

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Learning Outcome

Learn the basics of synapses

Learning Outcome

Understand how neurons communicate with each other

Learning Outcome

Explore how interconnected neurons in neuronal circuits interact with each other

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Faculty

Your Instructor

David Cox

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Computer Science, Harvard University

David Cox is an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and of Computer Science, and is a member of the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT with a specialization in computational neuroscience. His laboratory seeks to understand the computational underpinnings of visual processing through concerted efforts in both reverse- and forward-engineering. To this end, his group employs a wide range of experimental techniques (ranging from microelectrode recordings in living brains to visual psychophysics in humans) to probe natural systems, while at the same time actively developing practical computer vision systems based on what is learned about the brain.

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Ways to take this course

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A Verified Certificate costs $249 and provides unlimited access to full course materials, activities, tests, and forums. At the end of the course, learners who earn a passing grade can receive a certificate.

⁠Alternatively, learners can Audit the course for free and have access to select course material, activities, tests, and forums. Please note that this track does not offer a certificate for learners who earn a passing grade.

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