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Undergraduate courses in Immunology

IMMUNOL 185. Brain and the Immune System

(Same as IMMUNOL 285.) For advanced undergraduates, coterminal students, and graduate students. Molecular and cellular interactions between the nervous and immune systems. Focus is on the role of immune molecules in neural development, the bi-directional mechanisms by which the brain and immune system communicate with each other, and the role of the immune system in the diseased and infected brain. Topics include: molecular basis of fever, stress and inflammation, gender differences in autoimmune diseases, inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases, central nervous system infections, and the immune system in psychiatric disorders. Expert guest lectures, weekly discussion sections, and student presentations. Prerequisite: Biology or Human Biology core.

3 units, Win (Steinman, L; Brownell, S; Price, J)

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