Introduction to Neuroscience

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Ion Channels Permeation - Prof. David P. Corey Neurocytology: Neurons - Prof. Elio Raviola
2	Ion Channel Gating - Prof. David Corey Neurocytology Synapses - Prof. Elio Raviola
3	Action Potentials and Axonal Conduction - Prof. David P. Corey	Problem set 1 due
4	Synaptic Overview and Neuromuscular Junct - Prof. Thomas L. Schwarz Diseases of Nerve Conduction - Prof. Alfred W. Sandrock, Jr.
5	Mechanisms of Transmitter Release - Prof. Thomas L. Schwarz Synaptic Transmissions: CNS Receptors - Prof. Thomas L. Schwarz
6	Ion Channel Disease - Prof. Robert H. Brown	Problem set 2 due
7	G-Protein Linked Receptors - Prof. Thomas L. Schwarz	Problem set 3 due
8	Synaptic Integration - Prof. Rachel Wilson Synaptic Plasticity and LTP - Prof. Chinfei Chen
9	Epilepsy - Prof. Elizabeth Anne Thiele Psychopharmacology - Prof. Timothy Turner
	Exam I
10	Overview, Meninges - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Spinal Cord
11	Peripheral Nerves and Cranial Nerves - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Brainstem I
12	Cranial Nerve Nuclei - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Brainstem II
13	Brainstem Tracts and Review - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Brainstem III
14	Cerebellum - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Cerebellum
15	Thalamus and Hypothalamus - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Horizontal Plane Brain Cutting
16	Basal Ganglia - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Coronal Plane Brain Cutting
17	Cerebral Cortex - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Limbic System (I) - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch
18	New Approaches to Brain Imaging - Prof. Bruce Robert Rosen Lab: Cerebral Cortex
19	Limbic System II and Diffuse Projecting System - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Limbic System
20	Vasculature - Prof. Matthew P. Frosch Lab: Vasculature
	Exam II
21	Light Detection by Retina - Prof. Richard H. Masland Olfaction - Prof. Rachel Wilson
22	Primary Visual Coding - Prof. Richard H. Masland Retinal Disease - Prof. Joseph Rizzo
23	Visual Processing in the Cortex - John A. Assad Higher Visual Processing - John A. Assad
24	Somatic Sensation - Prof. David P. Corey Pain - Prof. Emery Neal Brown
25	Hair Cells of the Inner Ear - Prof. David P. Corey Auditory Coding - Prof. David P. Corey
26	Vestibular System/VOR - Prof. David P. Corey Motor I: Muscles, Nerves, Spinal Cord - Prof. Emad Eskandar
27	Motor II: Brainstem and Cortex - John A. Assad Motor III: Cerebellum - John A. Assad
28	Motor IV: Basal Ganglia - Prof. Emad Eskandar Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Prof. Robert H. Brown, Jr.
29	Parkinson Disease - Prof. Martin A. Samuels Practical - The Neurological Exam - Prof. Martin A. Samuels
	Exam III
30	Neural Cell Fates - Lisa V. Goodrich Cell Migration and Cortical Malformations - Prof. Christopher A. Walsh
31	Axon Guidance and Myelination - Lisa V. Goodrich Survival and Apoptosis - Prof. Rosalind A. Segal
32	Synapse Formation: Presynaptic - Prof. Joshua Sanes Synapse Formation: Postsynaptic - Prof. Joshua Sanes
33	Activity-Dependent Development - Prof. Carla J. Shatz Critical Periods - Prof. Carla J. Shatz
34	Spinal Cord Injury - Prof. Zhigang He Birdsong: A Model for Speech - Prof. Richard Mooney
35	Excitotoxicity and Stroke - Prof. Frances E. Jensen Neural Precursors - Prof. Jeffrey D. Macklis
36	Memory - Prof. Andrew E. Budson Alzheimer Disease - Prof. Bradley T. Hyman
37	Fear - Prof. Steven E. Hyman Addiction - Prof. Steven E. Hyman
	Final Exam