187.661.01
Environmental Health in Neurological and Mental Disorders
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 10:30 - 11:50am
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
187.610 or consent of instructor
Covers physical and chemical factors in our environment that contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders, mental health disease, and neurodegeneration. Lectures include a brief introduction to neurobiology, experimental studies in neurotoxicicology, and studies on human populations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe intracellular and intercellular mechanisms underlying normal brain function
- Explain mechanisms underlying associations between mental disorders/neurological diseases and exposure to environmental pollutants 3
- Discuss developmental, senescent, and genetic factors that increase the individual’s risk to environmental pollutants 4
- Analyze data from experimental and epidemiological studies