Readings in the table below are primarily from the course text:
Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell, eds. Principles of Neural Science. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 2000. ISBN: 9780838577011.
Readings
| Lec # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Introduction to the Nervous System |
Kandel. Chapters 1 and 2. |
| 2 |
Membrane Channels and Signaling |
Kandel. Chapter 6. |
| 3 |
Ionic basis of the Resting Potential |
Kandel. Chapter 7. |
| 4 |
Action Potential I |
Kandel. Chapter 9. |
| 5 |
Action Potential II |
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| 6 |
Neurons as Conductors: Propagation of the Action Potential |
Kandel. Chapter 8. |
| 7 |
Electrical and Chemical Synaptic Transmission |
Kandel. Chapter 10. |
| 8 |
Mechanisms of Transmitter Release at Synapses |
Kandel. Chapters 11 and 14. |
| 9 |
Indirect Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission |
Kandel. Chapters 12 and 13. |
| 10 |
Biochemistry of Synaptic Transmission |
Kandel. Chapter 15. |
| 11 |
Learning and Memory I |
Kandel. Chapter 62. |
| 12 |
Learning and Memory II |
Kandel. Chapter 63. |
| 13 |
From Genes to Structure to Behavior |
Kandel. Chapters 3 and 17. |
| 14 |
Nervous System Development I |
Kandel. Chapter 52. |
| 15 |
Nervous System Development II |
Kandel. Chapter 53. |
| 16 |
Axon Guidance I |
Kandel. Chapter 54. |
| 17 |
Synapse Formation |
Kandel. Chapter 55. |
| 18 |
Fine-Tuning Synaptic Connections |
Kandel. Chapter 56. |
| 19 |
Vision I |
Kandel. Chapter 25. |
| 20 |
Vision II |
Kandel. Chapter 26 |
| 21 |
Hearing |
Kandel. Chapters and 30 and 31. |
| 22 |
Olfaction and Other Sensory Systems |
Kandel. Chapter 32. |
| 23 |
Pain and Thermoreception |
Kandel. Chapters 22 and 24. |
| 24 |
Higher Order Cognitive Function |
Kandel. Chapters 60 and 61. |
