A set of lecture notes taken by a student are included in the table below. Lecture notes courtesy of Wyan-Ching Mimi Lee. Used with permission.
WQ = Professor William Quinn
TL = Professor Troy Littleton
Lecture files
| Lec # |
TOPICS |
LECTURER |
| 1 |
Introduction to the Nervous System (PDF) |
WQ |
| 2 |
Membrane Channels and Signaling (PDF) |
WQ |
| 3 |
Ionic basis of the Resting Potential (PDF) |
WQ |
| 4 |
Action Potential I (PDF) |
WQ |
| 5 |
Action Potential II (PDF) |
WQ |
| 6 |
Neurons as Conductors: Propagation of the Action Potential (PDF) |
WQ |
| 7 |
Electrical and Chemical Synaptic Transmission (PDF) |
WQ |
| 8 |
Mechanisms of Transmitter Release at Synapses (PDF) |
WQ |
| 9 |
Indirect Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission (PDF) |
WQ |
| 10 |
Biochemistry of Synaptic Transmission (PDF) |
WQ |
| 11 |
Learning and Memory I (PDF) |
WQ |
| 12 |
Learning and Memory II (PDF) |
WQ |
| 13 |
From Genes to Structure to Behavior (PDF) |
TL |
| 14 |
Nervous System Development I (PDF) |
TL |
| 15 |
Nervous System Development II (PDF) |
TL |
| 16 |
Axon Guidance I (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
TL |
| 17 |
Synapse Formation (PDF) |
TL |
| 18 |
Fine-Tuning Synaptic Connections (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
TL |
| 19 |
Vision I (PDF) |
TL |
| 20 |
Vision II (PDF) |
TL |
| 21 |
Hearing (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
TL |
| 22 |
Olfaction and Other Sensory Systems (PDF) |
TL |
| 23 |
Pain and Thermoreception (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
TL |
| 24 |
Higher Order Cognitive Function (PDF) |
TL |