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New Dual Level Course Number ECE 528 Engineering Faculty Document No. 44-04 May
09, 2005 Page
1 of 3 TO: The
Engineering Faculty FROM: School
of Electrical and Computer Engineering RE: New
Dual Level Course The faculty of the ECE 528 Measurement
and Stimulation of the Nervous System Sem. 2. Class 3, cr. 3. Prerequisites: ECE
301 and ECE 302, or permission of the instructor. Engineering principles addressing questions
of clinical significance in the nervous system: neuroanatomy,
fundamental properties of excitable tissues, hearing, vision, motor function,
electrical and magnetic stimulation, functional neuroimaging,
disorders of the nervous system, development and refinement of sensory
prostheses. Also offered as BME 528. Reason: This course
will serve as a culminating experience for undergraduates in both BME and ECE
who desire a bioelectrical focus, and as an entry level course for graduate
students who wish to pursue research that benefits from knowledge in the areas
of neural prostheses or neuroimaging. This course was
offered as an experimental course ECE 595T in the Spring 2002, Spring 2003,
Spring 2004, and Spring 2005 semesters with enrollments of 17, 14, 16, and 23
students respectively. Mark J.T.
Smith Professor and
Head Engineering Faculty Document No. 44-04 May
09, 2005 Page
2 of 3 Supporting Documentation: 1. Course Objective: As current technologies enable more extensive interfacing of man-made
devices with biological systems, potential exists for development of advanced
neural prostheses to repair or replace lost neural function in a human
population. Understanding of the human central nervous system brought about by the
past combination of neuroscience and engineering has enabled development of
current and pending neural protheses for audition,
vision and motor functions. Future
developments will be shaped by multi-disciplinary teams that utilize
traditional neurophysiologic study (e.g., electrophysiology, neuroimaging) with modern engineering technologies (e.g.,
MEMS). Students in this course will be
exposed to both perspectives and demonstrate the integration thereof through a
group research proposal related to enhancing our ability to repair or replace
function in the impaired nervous system. 2 Level: Dual Level 3. Person-In-Charge: Thomas
Talavage 4. Course Outline: Topics
Weeks
·
Overview of the nervous system; basic neuroanatomy 1
week ·
Neurophysiology (cellular models; stochastic
operation) 2
weeks ·
Overview of neural systems 2 weeks ·
Student presentations on nervous system measurement
and stimulation 2 weeks ·
Operation, measurement and correction of visual
system 2 weeks ·
Operation, measurement and correction of auditory
system 2 weeks ·
Operation, measurement and correction of motor
system 2 weeks Engineering Faculty Document No. 44-04 May
03, 2005 Page
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Student research paper presentations 5. Text: J Nolte, The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its
Functional Anatomy, 5th Edition,
Mosby, Inc., 2002. (ISBN: 0-323-01320-1) Recommended References: 1)
TF Weiss, Cellular Biophysics (Volume 2): Electrical Properties, 1st Edition,
MIT Press, 1995. (ISBN: 0-262-23184-0) 2)
PE Roland, Brain Activation, 1st Edition,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.
(ISBN: 0-471-18441-1) 3) WW Orrison, Jr., JD Lewine, JA
Sanders, MF Hartshorne, Functional Brain Imaging, 1st Edition, Mosby-Year Book, 1994.
(ISBN: 0-8151-6509-9) |
