In the course “Experimental Neurophysiology – theory and practice”, you will learn about experimental techniques that you can use to measure the tiny currents and voltage changes in the brain.
Course Description
These range from recording signals from within single neurons by using tiny glass electrodes, to recording the summed activity of thousands of neurons simultaneously, using extracellular recording electrodes. By starting at the single neuron level, and slowly moving up to networks of neurons during the week, you will get a full overview of what we can measure, and the challenges that come with each level.
Additionally, the afternoons will consist of hands-on experiments at each of these different levels. Finally, the course will end the week with an interactive masterclass with a world-renowned expert in this field from the USA. The course will be focused on recording electrical activity in the rodent brain.
Together, this course should help you in interpreting electrophysiological experiments related to your own research project, be it in literature, seminars or discussions with peers. Additionally, we hope that it will inspire you to maybe include such experiments in your own research, or to set up collaborations with other electrophysiologists.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Neurosciences
- Type of education: In class
- Academic skill: Research
- Graduate School: ONWAR: Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam (www.onwar.nl)
- Start date: September 2020 (bi-annual course)
- End date: September 2020
- Minimum number of students: TBD
- Maximum number of students: 20
- Admission criteria: PhD-students ONWAR (see also website ONWAR). External (neuroscience) PhD-students: fee is EUR 500. ONWAR-PhD-students always have priority.
- Concluding assessment: No
- With Certificate: Yes (for non-ONWAR-PhD-students)
- Schedule info: 5 days
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: Continuously
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: see admission criteria
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
These range from recording signals from within single neurons by using tiny glass electrodes, to recording the summed activity of thousands of neurons simultaneously, using extracellular recording electrodes. By starting at the single neuron level, and slowly moving up to networks of neurons during the week, you will get a full overview of what we can measure, and the challenges that come with each level.
Additionally, the afternoons will consist of hands-on experiments at each of these different levels. Finally, the course will end the week with an interactive masterclass with a world-renowned expert in this field from the USA. The course will be focused on recording electrical activity in the rodent brain.
Together, this course should help you in interpreting electrophysiological experiments related to your own research project, be it in literature, seminars or discussions with peers. Additionally, we hope that it will inspire you to maybe include such experiments in your own research, or to set up collaborations with other electrophysiologists.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Neurosciences
- Type of education: In class
- Academic skill: Research
- Graduate School: ONWAR: Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam (www.onwar.nl)
- Start date: September 2020 (bi-annual course)
- End date: September 2020
- Minimum number of students: TBD
- Maximum number of students: 20
- Admission criteria: PhD-students ONWAR (see also website ONWAR). External (neuroscience) PhD-students: fee is EUR 500. ONWAR-PhD-students always have priority.
- Concluding assessment: No
- With Certificate: Yes (for non-ONWAR-PhD-students)
- Schedule info: 5 days
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: Continuously
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: see admission criteria
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