Course Identification
Systems neuroscience reading seminar
Lecturers and Teaching Assistants
Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky
Daniel Deitch, Shaked Palgi
Course Schedule and Location
Monday, 14:15 - 16:00, Benoyzio, Rm 113
27/10/2025
Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points
Life Sciences: Seminar; 2.00 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Seminar; 2.00 points
Comments
This course will be held in-person only at Benoziyo Room 113
Prerequisites
Background in Neuroscience.
Attendance and participation
Required in at least 80% of the lectures
Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)
Syllabus
A reading seminar in Systems Neuroscience, focusing on recent interesting papers on mammalian neural circuits that mediate behavior, cognition, and perception. Particular emphasis will be given to papers using Neurophysiology, Optogenetics and Imaging methods in vivo, as well as to theoretical/modeling papers.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Read critically and discuss the current literature in systems neuroscience.
- Demonstrate knowledge of cutting-edge topics in the field.