NEUROSC 186Neural Stem Cells: Biology, Diseases, and Therapies
Neuroscience, Undergraduate · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for third- and fourth-year Neuroscience majors. Comprehensive coverage of stem cells of nervous system during development and adulthood, involvement of stem cells in diseases (e.g., brain tumors, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s), and use of stem cells for therapy.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: background in biology and biochemistry. Enforced requisites: courses M101A, M101B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NEUROSC 186
- NEUROSC M101ANeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Cellular and Systems Neuroscience
- CHEM 14CStructure of Organic Molecules
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
- PHYSICS 5CPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics
- NEUROSC M101BNeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
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