| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
| After completion of this course, students will 1) know the current theories accounting for the neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, and 2) gain a comprehensive understanding of the ability to make adaptive changes related to the structure and function of the nervous system from molecules to networks. |
| 6.Realizing the development and regulatory mechanisms of the organisms |
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| Written Presentation |
| Attendance |
| Oral Presentation |
| Quiz |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Course introduction
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| Week 2 |
Introduction to synaptic circuits |
| Week 3 |
Membrane properties and neurotransmitter actions |
| Week 4 |
Wiring the brain |
| Week 5 |
Glutamate-mediated neuroplasticity |
| Week 6 |
Long-term potentiation and synaptogenesis |
| Week 7 |
Holiday |
| Week 8 |
Neuroplasticity, learning and memory |
| Week 9 |
Paper presentation |
| Week 10 |
Paper presentation |
| Week 11 |
Basic Aspects of Neurogenesis |
| Week 12 |
Fate Specification of Neural Stem Cells |
| Week 13 |
Neurogenesis during development |
| Week 14 |
Neurogenesis in adult brain |
| Week 15 |
Integration of new neurons into the adult hippocampus |
| Week 16 |
Adult neurogenesis: Beyond learning and memory |
| Week 17 |
Self-directed learning (Review of course content and write a brief report) |
| Week 18 |
Self-directed learning (Review of course content and write a brief report) |
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| Evaluation |
Paper presentation (40%)
Homework (40%)
Course participation (20%)
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| Textbook & other References |
-The synaptic organization of the brain / edited by Gordon M.Shepherd
-Neuroplasticity: new biochemical mechanisms / edited by J. A. Costa e Silva, J. P. Macher, J. P. Olie
-Neurogenesis in the adult brain I: neurobiology / edited by Tatsunori Seki, Kazunobu Sawamoto, Jack M. Parent and Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
-Neurogenesis research: new developments / edited by Gerry J. Clark and Walcot T. Anderson
Neuroscience: exploring the brain 4th Edition/ edited by Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso
Principles of neural science 6th Edition/ edited by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell
Most recent 5-year research and review articles in the neuroscience field |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| iLearning |
| Office Hours |
| 與授課教師預約 |
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