Behavioral Neuroscience Research

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The study of neuroscience includes many branches, including neuropsychology, molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral neuroscience, among many others. Expand your biomedical research expertise by learning how to use mouse behaviors to study psychiatric disorders in humans. Before research is conducted to understand the human brain, cognition, and the nervous system, studies often first use mice because of the similarities in neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neurobiology. By studying brain function in mice, we gain insight into how the human brain works....

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Courses under this program:Course 1: Behavioral Neuroscience: Foundations of Compulsive BehaviorsEnroll in the first MOOC to teach behavioral neuroscience research using laboratory mice. In this self-paced, free online course, you will learn responsible conduct of research and how to collect scientific data using two different tests that measure compulsions, and interpret and discuss the results in the context of obsessive-compulsive disorder in humans.Course 2: Behavioral Neuroscience: Analyzing Anxiety and DepressionIn this online course, learn how to collect scientific data using behavioral tests that measure anxiety and depression in laboratory mice, and interpret and discuss the results in the context of anxiety and depression in humans and a mouse model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Course 3: Behavioral Neuroscience: Contrasting Tests for Anxiety and DepressionIn this online course, learn how to critically evaluate the use of different behavioral tests for anxiety and depression in laboratory mice, and gain a better understanding of how these tests can affect the interpretation of results in the context of mental illness and human psychiatric conditions and mouse models.