Behavioral Neuroscience Research Professional Certificate

What you will learn:
- Learn responsible conduct of research in order to collect, analyze, and interpret behavioral data from mouse videos.
- Critically evaluate the use of different behavioral tests in mice. Establish a methodological foundation in using behavioral tests in rodents.
- Understand the mental health conditions obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and depression in humans and animals.
- Understand the role of animal models in studying human psychiatric disorders by comparing and contrasting human and mouse behaviors.

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Behavioral Neuroscience: Contrasting Tests for Anxiety and Depression (edX)

In this online course, learn how to critically evaluate the use of different behavioral tests for anxiety and depression in laboratory mice, and gain a better understanding of how these tests can affect the interpretation of results in the context of mental illness and human psychiatric conditions and mouse [...]

Behavioral Neuroscience: Analyzing Anxiety and Depression (edX)

Learn how to collect scientific data using behavioral tests that measure anxiety and depression in laboratory mice, and interpret and discuss the results in the context of anxiety and depression in humans and a mouse model of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Behavioral Neuroscience: Foundations of Compulsive Behaviors (edX)

The first MOOC to teach behavioral neuroscience research using laboratory mice. Learn responsible conduct of research and how to collect scientific data using two different tests that measure compulsions, and interpret and discuss the results in the context of obsessive-compulsive disorder in [...]