<p>How is Brown’s neuroscience program compared to other programs across the country?</p>
<p>simply put, it is excellent. the facilities and faculty are terrific.</p>
<p>one of the best (<a href="http://neuroscience.brown.edu%5B/url%5D">http://neuroscience.brown.edu</a>)</p>
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<li><p>The intro course is taught by three professors who wrote the undergraduate neuro textbook used all over the country
<a href="http://www.brightsurf.com/item/0781760038/Neuroscience_Exploring_the_Brain.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brightsurf.com/item/0781760038/Neuroscience_Exploring_the_Brain.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Professors (all of whom teach and advise undergrads) include:
Nobel Laureate Leon Cooper: <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1972/cooper-bio.html%5B/url%5D">http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1972/cooper-bio.html</a>
BrainGate inventor John Donoghue: <a href="http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-04/features/discover-awards/neuroscience/%5B/url%5D">http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-04/features/discover-awards/neuroscience/</a>
Disocoverer of the third photoreceptor David Berson: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berson%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berson</a></p></li>
<li><p>Brown has the only NIH sponsored graduate program in neuroscience in the United States
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2004-05/04-071.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2004-05/04-071.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Brown is also home to a unique interdisciplinary "Brain Sciences" program that crosses traditional boundaries between neuroscience, cognitive science, physics, applied math, psychology, computer science and other fields
<a href="http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/</a></p></li>
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<p>thanks for the input, guys. btw, do you go to brown?</p>
<p>dcircle, Paradiso is the only one of the authors who teaches BN1. Stein didn't contribute to that textbook.</p>
<p>bear, connors, and paradiso are the original course leaders. stein & paradiso run the administrative part of the class and give the intro lectures. the rest are of the lectures are given by experts in each field--bear, connors, and paradiso all continue to do several of the lectures each year</p>
<p>well, not quite. Last year, when I took it, Bear and Connors each did a single lecture (I'm not actually sure Bear did one at all); Paradiso was the clear course leader, and Stein did about a third of the lecturing.</p>
<p>Anyway, of course Brown is fantastic for Neuroscience at the undergraduate level - it was practically invented as a field of undergraduate study by the professors that have been mentioned. In terms of research, this couldn't be a better time to go into Neuro at Brown, with the new Life Sciences building opening in the Fall.</p>
<p>that's the Sidney Frank Building you jerk</p>
<p>To me, it will always be the LiSci!</p>
<p>yeah i agree</p>
<p>Phew, this is some great information ^^ I'm glad I found this thread :0</p>
<p>I thought I’d bump this thread. I was wondering whether anybody could bring any more insight on Brown’s neuroscience program. Besides a strong, reputable faculty, what else makes the neuroscience program at Brown amazing? Specifically, I’m interested in finding out about the advising, research opportunities, and any other information pertaining to pre-med students.</p>