在这门课上，我们将从发育的角度来研究神经系统。我们应用不同的模式动物，从细胞和分子生物学角度阐述胚胎发育过程中神经干细胞的增殖分化、神经网络的连结形成以及功能实现的生物学过程，以及与发育相关的神经系统疾病的发病机理等方面的前沿研究成果。本课程以课堂讲授为主，结合近期发表的研究论文的讨论，目的是为了使研究生在学习发育神经生物学的基础理论同时，了解当今最前沿的发育生物学研究的发展趋势，注重启发和培养研究生发现科学问题和解决问题的创造性思维。本课程不仅面向以神经生物学为主要研究方向的研究生，同时也欢迎广大对发育神经生物学有兴趣的研究生学习讨论。

1.Introduction to Developmental Neuroscience（3学时，教师：王晓群）
1.1.Introduction to Course Syllabus 
1.2History of Developmental Neuroscience
2. Patterning the Vertebrate Body Planand Nervous System（12学时，教师：王晓群、吴倩）
2.1Patterning the Vertebrate Body Plan
2.1.1Axes and Germ Layers formation
2.1.2The Mesoderm and Early Nervous System
2.2 Neurogenesis
2.2.1 Neural Stem Cell
  2.2.2 Cell Differentiation and Cell Fate
  2.2.3 Cell Migration
2.3 Signaling Regulation 
  2.3.1 Cell Survival and Cell Death
  2.3.2 Cell Migration and Cell Fate Determination
2.4. Student Presentation and Discussion

3.Cellular Development in Nervous System(12学时，教师：孙坚原、王晓群)
3.1The Growth Guidance of Axons
3.2Formation and Elimination of Synapses
3.3 Refinement and Plasticity
3.4 Student Presentation and Discussion

4.Development of the Drosophila (9学时,教师：李岩)
4.1Development of the Drosophila Body Plan
 4.2Drosophila Nervous System
      4.3 Student Presentation and Discussion


5.Behavioral Development (9学时， 教师：李岩、张朋)
       5.1 The Constructive Nature of Vision Processing
5.2 Cognition and Language
       5.3 Sleeping 
       5.4 Student Presentation and Discussion

6.Neurodevelopmental Disease (9学时, 教师：吴倩、王晓群)
6.1 Microcephaly and Lissencephaly
        6.2 Autism
        6.3 Student Presentation and Discussion

7.Summary and Exam (6学时，教师：王晓群)
        7.1 Summary and Conclusion 
        7.2 Exam

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