BME 6440 - Neural Engineering

Neural Engineering is an interdisciplinary infield that overlaps with many other areas including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology/electrophysiology, electrochemistry, bioelectric field theory, biomedical instrumentation, circuit theory, computational neuroscience, medical devices, neurology, neurosurgery, clinical trials, biomaterials and cellular neuroscience. This course is designed around the central idea that neural engineering is the study of transferring electromagnetic energy into and out of the nervous system. The course is composed of didactic lectures, group discussions and critical reviews of literature. There are also periodic lab sessions with hands-on exercises using medical devices, neural recording systems and computational models.