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Spring
2010-Fundamentals of Neuroscience; NSCS 730
Section I: Gross
Brain
Anatomy (Module leaders: Kalivas, Aston-Jones)
1/5
T Neurocytology (Buhusi)
1/6
W Development of the Nervous
system (Buhusi)
1/8
F Spinal Cord &
Autonomic (Aston-Jones)
Lecture Notes
1/11
M Brainstem
(Aston-Jones)
Lecture
Notes 1
Lecture Notes 2
Lecture Notes 3
Lecture Notes 4
1/12
T Thalamus & Hypothalamus
(Aston-Jones)
Lecture Notes
1/13
W Cerebellum
(Aston-Jones)
Lecture
Notes
1/15
F Basal Ganglia (Kalivas)
1/18 M MLK Day, Campus
closed
1/20
W Cortex
(Kalivas)
1/21
Th Rat Brain Anatomy
(Kalivas); note Thursday lecture!
1/22 F EXAM #1
Section II:
Cellular Elements of Neural Signaling (Module leaders: Woodward,
Chandler)
1/25
M Ionic Basis of Membrane
Potential (Kara)
1/26
T Ionic Basis of Action Potentials
(Kara)
1/27
W Ion Channels (Lavin; note
lecture given on 1/29)
1/29
F Techniques in
Electrophysiology (Lavin)
2/1
M Integration and Propogation
(Riegel)
Handout
Slides
2/2
T Synaptic Transmission (Riegel)
Summary Figure
Slides (both Riegel lectures together)
2/3
W Electrophysiology Simulations (Woodward)
2/5 F
EXAM #2
2/8
M Receptors:
Kinetics and Regulatory Processes (Chandler)
2/9
T GPCR
Mediated Synaptic
Transmission (McGinty)
2/10 W
Glutamate (Woodward)
2/12 F
GABA (Woodward)
2/15 M Acetylcholine (Sambamurti)
2/16 T
Catecholamines (Lavin)
2/17 W
Serotonin (Ramamoorthy)
2/19
F EXAM # 3
2/22 M
Neurotransmitter
Transporters (Ramamoorthy)
2/23 T Neuroactive peptides
(McGinty)
2/24 W
Endogenous neuromodulators (Woodward/Chandler)
Endocannabinoids
Nitric Oxide
2/26 F
Receptor trafficking (Chandler)
3/1 M Scaffolding Proteins (Chandler)
3/2 T
Post-Synaptic Signaling (Chandler)
3/3
W Open
3/5
F EXAM #4
Section III: Sensory & Motor Systems (Sambamurti, Kindy, Rohrer, Bhat, Kara)
3/15 M Sensory transduction: overview (Kindy)
3/16 T Vision: retina (Rohrer)
3/17 W Auditory system – Cochlea and central pathways
(Rohrer)
3/19 F Vision: Thalamus/LGN (Kara)
3/22 M Vision: Primary visual cortex (Kara)
3/23 T Vision: Higher cortical processing (Kara)
3/23 T Brain Dissection Lab I (with M1 students; 1-3 pm or 3-5 pm, BSB 610)
3/24 W
Somatosensory - Touch & Proprioception (Bhat)
3/25
Th Brain Dissection Lab
I Repeat (with M1 students; 1-3 pm or 3-5 pm, BSB 610)
3/26 F
Somatosensory - Pain (Bhat)
3/29 M Vestibular System (Rohrer)
3/30 T
Olfactory/Gustatory (Sambamurti)
3/31 W
Open
4/2 F EXAM #5
4/5
M Smooth muscle
(Sambamurti)
4/6 T Skeletal muscle (Sambamurti)
4/7
W Autonomic nervous system
(Sambamurti)
4/9
F Motorneurons, and spinal reflexes
(Kindy)
4/12 M Basal Ganglia (Bhat)
4/13 T Descending motor pathways (Kindy)
4/13 T Brain Dissection Lab II (with M1 students; 1-3 pm or 3-5 pm, BSB 610)
4/14 W Cerebellum (Kindy)
4/15
Th Brain Dissection Lab II Repeat
(with M1 students; 1-3 pm or 3-5 pm, BSB 610)
4/16 F
Frontiers in Neuroscience-Middleton Place
4/19 M
Hypothalamus (neuroendocrinology)
(Kindy)
4/20 T
Open
4/21 W Open
4/23 F EXAM #6
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