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Neuroscience Center

Course coordinator: Hamilton Farris, PhD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE (2012)

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

Lecturer

Reading

Slides

Links Notes

1

M

1/9

Introduction: Neurons and Behavior

Farris

Ch. 1

 

2

W

1/11

Electrical Signaling; Action Potentials

Gasparini

Ch. 2, 3

 

3

F

1/13

Ion Channel Structure, Function, Diversity

Wu

Ch. 4

 

4

M

1/16

MLK

 

5

W

1/18

Neurotransmitters; Synapses

Erickson

Ch. 5; 6

powerpoint file icon

 

6

F

1/20

Synaptic Plasticity; 2nd Messenger Signals

Farris

Ch. 7; 8

 

7

M

1/23

Neural Circuit Modification

Li

Ch. 23; 24

 

8

W

1/25

Neural Repair & Regeneration

Farris

Ch.25

 

9

F

1/27

Synthesis: Attention

Farris

P. 591-596

 

10

M

1/30

Exam: 9 - 11am

none

 

11

M

TBD

Drugs and the Brain

Farris

none