神经科学是一门综合科学，是生物科学中发展最快的领域之一。它研究人和动物神经系统的结构和功能，揭示人脑的奥秘，治疗人类神经系统疾病 。而神经科学前沿，则是介绍该学科最前沿的理论及研究进展，涉及分子神经生物学、感觉信息加工、学习与记忆、神经发育、神经系统疾病等众多方面。通过本课程的学习，学生应理解和掌握神经科学的基础理论知识，了解该学科的发展历史、研究方法和最新前沿研究进展，培养学生的科学思维与自主学习能力，为今后从事医学科学研究奠定必要的理论基础。
 As a comprehensive science, neuroscience is one of the fastest growing fields in biological sciences. It studies the structure and function of the human and animal nervous systems, reveals the mysteries of the human brain, and treats the diseases of the human nervous system. On the other hand, the frontier of neuroscience is to introduce the most cutting-edge theories and research progress of this discipline, involving molecular neurobiology, sensory information processing, learning and memory, neural development, neurological diseases and many other aspects.
 Through the study of this course, students should understand and master the basic theoretical knowledge of neuroscience, understand the development history, research methods and the latest frontier research progress of this discipline, cultivate students' scientific thinking and independent learning ability, and lay the necessary theoretical foundation for future medical science research.