Anatomy & Neurobiology
List of Courses

GMS AN 500 Microscopic Anatomy
Prereq: CLA BI 203 and consent of instructor. Morphological and functional histology of tissues and organs. Lectures and coordinated laboratory study. Microscopes required. Loan collection of slides provided. Vaughan, staff. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 500S Microscopic Anatomy
Prereq: CLA BI 203 and consent of instructor. Morphological and functional histology of tissues and organs. Lectures and coordinated laboratory study. Microscopes required. Loan collection of slides provided. Vaughan, staff. 4 cr, Summer sem.

GMS AN 700 Medical Histology
Prereq: CLA BI203 and con-sent of instructor. Morphological and functional histology of cells, tissues, and organs. Lectures and coordinated laboratory study. Microscope required. Loan collection of slides provided. Vaughan, staff. 6 cr., 2nd sem.

GMS AN 700S Medical Histology
Prereq: CLA BI203 and consent of instructor. Morphological and functional histology of cells, tissues, and organs. Lectures and coordinated laboratory study. Microscope required. Loan collection of slides provided. Vaughan, staff. 6 cr., Summer sem.

GMS AN 701 Gross Anatomy
Prereq: consent of instructor. Human anatomy in three units: locomotion, which includes arms, legs, and back; head and neck; thorax, abdomen, and pelvis. Blatt, staff. variable cr, 1st sem.

GMS AN 702 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course covers the neurobiological bases of learning and memory from the cellular to the systems level. Initial sessions cover the behavioral aspects of learning and memory - how it is operationally defined and what are the different theoretical concepts from cognitive psychology that are current. Subsequent sessions investigate the neurophysiological, neuroanatomical, and neurochemical mechanisms of memory at the cellular level and then move on to the study of systems that function at the level of the whole organism. Concentration is on studies in mammals, particularly primates. Moss, Rosene. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 704 Experimental Design and Statistical Methods
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course provides a working understanding of experimental design and statistical analyses. Each class consists of lectures, examples of problems and discussion of theoretical issues underlying a particular experimental design. Both parametric and nonparametric approaches to data analysis will be explored. Killiany, Rosene. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 705, 706 Microscopic Anatomy of Tissues and Organs
Prereq: consent of instructor. Lecture and laboratory study of tissue and organ functional histology, with emphasis on both light and electron microscopy. Loan collection of slides provided. Vaughan. 6 cr, 1st sem.

GMS AN 707 Neurobiology of Aging
Prereq: consent of instructor. With growing awareness of an accelerating increase in the size of the elderly population, there has been increasing interest in the neuropsychology of normal aging. Similarly, since aging is a major risk factor for many dementia states, interest has also focused on the neuropsychology of age-related disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and the Dementias of the frontal lobe type. This course attempts to summarize what is known about cognitive and related changes associated with normal aging and age-related disease. The course is divided into four major sections. The first considers the cognitive changes associated with normal aging; the second deals with the most common causes of cognitive decline seen in the elderly; the third reviews the current data concerning neuro-imaging in aging and dementia, and the fourth part covers future direc-tions in the study of normal aging. Moss. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 709 Neural Development and Plasticity
Prereq: GMS MS 703 and consent of instructor. Lectures, discussion, and readings on current issues relating to neural changes during development and how the nervous system is modified by interactions of the organism with the environment, and how the nervous system responds to injury. Emphasis on cellular and systems levels of organization. Payne, staff. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 708 Clinical Anatomy
Prereq: Gross Anatomy. An advanced anatomy course consisting of both guided laboratory dissection and related lectures on clinical anatomy by physicians in a variety of clinical specialties. Laboratory dissections are based on actual surgical approaches; whenever possible, and the relationship between gross anatomy radiographic anatomy is continually emphasized. Van Houten, Hoyt, Nandy. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 710 Condensed Histology for Graduate Students
Prereq: basic premedical courses and consent of istructor. This course is a modified version of the Medical Microscopic Anatomy course and it covers the morphological and functional histology of cells, tissues, and organs. This condensed course consists of laboratory study and coordinated lectures covering the topics of cells, tissues and the circulatory and lymphoid systems, and lecture covering the remaining organ systems. Vaughan, staff. 2cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 711 Introduction to Neurobiology
Prereq: consent of instructor.
This course surveys the biological basis of behavior starting at the level of the neuron and synapse and building to the cortical integration of the human mind. It provides an introduction to the issues, problems and current research findings that related the form and function of the nervous system. Zucker. 1st sem.

GMS AN 801, 802 Seminar: Research Colloquium
Oral presentation and discussion by students and staff members of topics of interest in anatomy and allied fields. Sandell. 2 cr each, 1st & 2nd sem.

GMS AN 803, 804 Special Topics in Anatomy
Presentation of problems of current interest in anatomical science offered to small groups of students at the instigation of either interested faculty or students. Examples of topics that might be discussed are: differentiation; aging in specific areas of the brain; electron microscopy; fine structure of neurons; biology of the lung; and retinal biology. Peters. 1st & 2nd sem.

GMS AN 807 Neurobiology of the Visual System
Prereq: GMS MS 703 or consent of instructor. This is a seminar for graduate students in all departments who have had a basic neuroscience course and are interested in the anatomical and physiological substrates of vision. Study of the visual system progresses from the retina through the thalamus and brainstem to cortical visual areas and associated structures such as the hippocampus, amygdala, and basal ganglia. Students present primary journal articles and occasional reviews with guidance from faculty who are presently engaged in research involving the structures under discussion. Payne, Sandell. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 808 Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurologic Disorders
Prereq: Medical Neuroscience course or equivalent, and consent of instructor. Localization of specific anatomical changes in the brain in such disorders as autism, dyslexia, schizophrenia, olivopontocerebellar atrophy and selected neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS. Developmental mechanisms leading to neuroanatomical alterations are discussed when appropriate. Lectures, discussion of classical and current literature, and guest speakers. Blatt, Kemper. 2 cr, 2nd sem.

GMS AN 901, 902 Anatomy Research Variable cr

GMS AN 904 Research Practicum Varied topics. Staff. 2 cr, 2nd sem