Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-142490 BCSC 246-1 Biology of Mental Disorders Spring 2023 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 1055 Goergen Hall Room 101 01/11/2023 05/06/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
57 		Capacity     
80
Co-Located: BCSC 246-1 (P), BCSC 546-1, NSCI 246-1, PSYC 246-1
Instructors: Renee Miller
Description: Examines the neurobiology of anxiety/phobic conditions, mood disorders, and chronic psychotic states, particularly schizophrenia. Considers definitions of psychiatric syndromes, the problems of diagnosis, brain organization, and neurotransmitter systems involved in state functions. Introduces research approaches including epidemiologic, phenomenologic, family/adoption, longitudinal descriptive, psychophysiologic, neuropharmacologic, genetic linkage, and postmortem studies; emphasizes recent in vivo brain imaging and neuroreceptor studies.

Prerequisite: NSCI 201/BCSC 240
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-122530 BCSC 246-1 Biology of Mental Disorders Spring 2022 4.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 940 1055 Goergen Hall Room 101 01/12/2022 05/07/2022
Enrollment: Enrolled     
63 		Capacity     
80
Co-Located: BCSC 246-1 (P), BCSC 546-1, NSCI 246-1, PSYC 246-1
Instructors: Renee Miller
Description: Examines the neurobiology of anxiety/phobic conditions, mood disorders, and chronic psychotic states, particularly schizophrenia. Considers definitions of psychiatric syndromes, the problems of diagnosis, brain organization, and neurotransmitter systems involved in state functions. Introduces research approaches including epidemiologic, phenomenologic, family/adoption, longitudinal descriptive, psychophysiologic, neuropharmacologic, genetic linkage, and postmortem studies; emphasizes recent in vivo brain imaging and neuroreceptor studies.

Prerequisite: NSCI 201/BCSC 240
Offered: Fall Spring Summer