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Neuroscience Center

Course coordinator: Hamilton Farris, PhD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE (2015)

Required textbook: Purves, D., Augustine, G.J., Hall, W.C., LaMantia, A.S., McNamara, J.O., Williams, S. M. (2007). Neuroscience. Fifth edition. Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass. Referred to as Purves.

Purves Interactive Materials

 

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Day

Date

Topic

Room

Lecturer

Reading

Slides

Links Notes

1

W

1/7

Introduction: Neurons and Behavior

S4 MEB

Farris

Ch. 1

 

2

F

1/9

Electrical Signaling; Action Potentials

S4 MEB

Gasparini

Ch. 2, 3

 

3

M

1/12

Ion Channel Structure, Function, Diversity

S4 MEB

Wu

Ch. 4

 

4

W

1/14

Neurotransmitters; Synapses

S4 MEB

Erickson

Ch. 5; 6

powerpoint file icon

 

5

F

1/16

Synaptic Plasticity; 2nd Messenger Signals

S4 MEB

Farris

Ch. 7; 8

 

6

M

1/19

MLK Day Holiday

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-

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7

W

1/21

Drugs and the Brain

S4 MEB

Farris

 

8

F

1/23

Neural Repair & Regeneration

S4 MEB

Farris

Ch.25

 

9

M

1/26

Synthesis: Attention

S4 MEB

Farris

P. 591-596

 

10

W

1/28

Neural Circuit Modification

S4 MEB

Li

Ch. 23; 24

  

11

W

1/30

Exam

S4 &10

MEB

none

 

 

5/1

 Paper Due

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