PHYSCI M180BNeuroscience: From Molecules to Mind—Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience
Physiological Science · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Neuroscience M101B, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology M175B, and Psychology M117B.) Molecular biology of channels and receptors: focus on voltage dependent channels and neurotransitter receptors. Molecular biology of supramolecular mechanisms: synaptics transmission, axonal transport, cytoskeleton, and muscle. Classical experiments and modern molecular approaches in developmental neurobiology.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 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
Requisites: course M180A (with grade of C– or better), Life Sciences 7C.
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- LIFESCI 7C
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSCI M180B
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 3 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PHYSCI M180B
- PHYSCI C126Biological Clocks
- PHYSCI C144Neural Control of Physiological Systems
- PHYSCI 173Anatomy and Physiology of Sense Organs
- PHYSCI C226Biological Clocks
- PHYSCI C244Neural Control of Physiological Systems
5 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 5 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.