Behavioral Neuroscience
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Program Director: Professor Denise Jackson
(617) 373-3860
d.jackson@neu.edu
Behavioral Neuroscience focuses on brain mechanisms and how they give rise to behavioral functions in humans and animals. The field combines the disciplines of biology and psychology with a strong background in basic physical sciences and mathematics. The goal is to achieve an understanding of nerve cells, chemical neurotransmission, simple neural circuits and other physiological systems and then to see how they give rise to normal and pathological behavioral functioning. The curriculum prepares students for employment in allied fields such as the bio-tech industry or to gain entrance to higher degree granting programs in graduate or medical school.
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