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Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NEUR 444 - Sensory Biology

3 cr.
(Prerequisites: BIOL 245 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHYS 121/141)The course applies multidisciplinary approaches to the study of senses: physics of stimuli, anatomy of receptor organs, neurophysiology of receptor cells, anatomy and central processing, animal behavior and artificial sensor design. The course focuses on terrestrial vertebrates with occasional discussions on aquatic sensory systems. Three hours lecture.(Also listed as BIOL 444.)