Cellular Neurobiology

BIPN 140

Fall 2016

Image shows neurons in the accessory olfactory bulb of Xenopus tadpoles stained for GABA and for dopamine. These neurons switch transmitters depending on their olfactory input. Davide Dulcis & Nick Spitzer

This URL provides a summary of signaling in the nervous system, told as a series of important discoveries that won Nobel prizes. Much of the work is discussed in the course.

http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/nerve_signaling/