Course Catalog - 2013-2014

     

BIOE 481 - COMP/NEUROSCIENCE/NEURAL ENGNR

Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AND NEURAL ENGINEERING
Department: Bioengineering
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Introduction to anatomy and physiology and of the brain, basic electrophysiology, development of models of neurons and natural neural networks. Includes descriptions of neuromorphic circuits, which can represent neuron and network behavior in silicon. Course serves as an introduction to Neural Engineering. Cross-list: ELEC 481, NEUR 481. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Knowledge of basic electrical and operational amplifier circuits; and ordinary differential equations.