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Spring
2012-Fundamentals of Neuroscience; NSCS 730
Note-all
classes will be held 9-11 am in Room 103 of the Education/Library building (EL103).
Required/Reference Texts: see syllabus for chapter assignments
(P) Purves - Neuroscience (5th ed); REQUIRED
(I) Iverson – Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology; REQUIRED
(T) Thiemes-Atlas of Anatomy-REFERENCE
Section I: Cellular Elements of Neural Signaling
1/9
M
Introduction/Neurons and Glia I (Buhusi)-P1
1/10 T Neurons
and Glia II (Buhusi)-P1
1/11 W Ionic
Basis of Membrane potential (Kara)-P2
1/13 F Ionic
Basis of Action Potentials (Kara)-P2
1/16 M No Class (MLK Day; campus closed)
1/17 T Ion Channels (Lavin)-P3
1/18 W Synaptic transmission (Riegel)-P4
Additional reading material (Kandel Chapter 8, Chapter 10, Chapter 11)
1/20 F Integration and Propagation (Riegel)-P4
Additional reading
material (Kandel Chapter 9, Chapter 12)
1/23 M
Electrophysiology simulations (Woodward)
1/24 T Techniques in electrophysiology (Mulholland)
1/25 W
Electrophysiology Lab Demonstration (time to be
arranged)
1/27 F EXAM #1
1/30 M
Receptors; Kinetics and Regulatory Processes
(Mulholland)
1/31 T GPCR
Mediated Synaptic Transmission (Blumer)-P7
2/1 W Glutamate (Woodward)-P6/I5
2/3
F GABA
(Woodward)-P6/I5
2/6
M Acetylcholine
(Sambamurti)-P6/II6
2/7
T Catecholamines
(Lavin)-P6/I7
2/8
W Serotonin
(Ramamoorthy)-P6/I8
2/10 F EXAM #2
2/13 M
Neurotransmitter Transporters (Ramamoorthy)
2/14 T Neuroactive peptides (McGinty) -P6/I10
2/15 W Neurotrophins/BDNF (McGinty)-P23
2/17 F Endogenous neuromodulators (Chandler/Woodward)-P6/I12
2/20 M Receptor
trafficking (Chandler)
2/21 T
Post-synaptic density (Chandler)
2/22 W Scaffolding Proteins (Chandler)
2/24 F EXAM #3
Section II: Sensory Systems
2/27
M Somatosensory - Touch &
Proprioception (Bhat)-P9
2/28 T
Somatosensory – Pain (Bhat)-P10
2/29 W Vision: retina (Rohrer)-P11
3/2 F Vision: Thalamus/LGN (Kara)-P12
3/5 M Vision: Primary visual cortex (Kara)-P12
3/6 T
Vision: Higher cortical processing (Kara)-P12
3/7 W
Auditory system – Cochlea and central pathways
(Rohrer)-P13
3/9 F Vestibular System (Rohrer)-P14
<<< SPRING BREAK March 12th-16th>>>
3/19 M
Olfactory/Gustatory (Sambamurti)-P15
3/20 T
Hypothalamus (neuroendocrinology) (Kindy)-P21
3/21 W Open
3/23 F EXAM #4
Section III: Motor Systems and Controls (Sambamurti)
3/26 M Motorneurons and spinal reflexes (Kindy)-P16
3/27 T Descending motor pathways (Kindy)-P17
3/28 W Basal
Ganglia and movement (Bhat)-P18
3/30 F Frontiers
in Neuroscience-Seabrook Island Conference Ctr
4/2 M Cerebellum and movement (Mulholland)-P19
4/3 T Skeletal muscle (Sambamurti)
4/4 W Autonomic nervous system (Sambamurti)-P21
4/6 F Smooth muscle (Sambamurti)
4/9 M EXAM #5
Section IV: Neurodevelopment and Anatomy (Aston-Jones)
4/10 T Neurodevelopment: Brain (Buhusi)-P22
4/11 W Neurodevelopment: Cellular (Buhusi)-P22/23
4/13 F Neuroanatomical Techniques (Jhou/Aston-Jones)
4/16
M Spinal Cord & Autonomic
(Aston-Jones)-P-Appendix/T
4/17 T Brainstem (Aston-Jones)- P-Appendix/T
4/18 W Cerebellum (Aston-Jones)- P-Appendix/T
4/20 F Thalamus & Hypothalamus (Aston-Jones)- P-Appendix/T
4/23 M Basal Ganglia (Kalivas)- P-Appendix/T
4/24 T Cortex (Kalivas)- P-Appendix/T
4/25 W Rat Brain Anatomy (Kalivas)
4/27 F Neuroimaging Techniques (Joseph)
4/30 M Exam #6
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