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NSC 201/BCS 240: Lecture Schedule

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Date Topic Instructor Text
W 08/31 Cellular Neuroanatomy I
notes | pdf
Nordeen Ch 1 & 2
F 09/02 Cellular Neuroanatomy II
notes | pdf
   
M 09/05 NO CLASS-Labor Day    
W 09/07 Structure in the Developing Nervous System
notes | pdf
Nordeen Ch 7
F 09/09 Gross Organization of the Nervous System I
notes | pdf
Nordeen  
M 09/12 Gross Organization of the Nervous System II
notes
| pdf
Nordeen  
W 09/14 Tools for Studying Systems & Chemical Neuroanatomy
notes | pdf
Nordeen  
F 09/16 Membranes, Channels, Membrane Potentials I
pdf
ANATOMY TAKE-HOME DUE
O'Neill Ch 3
M 09/19 Membranes, etc. II O'Neill  
W 09/21 Action Potentials I
pdf
O'Neill Ch 4
F 09/23 NO CLASS  
M 09/26 Action Potentials II: Propagation
pdf
O'Neill  
W 09/28 Synaptic Transmission I
pdf
O'Neill Ch 5
F 09/30 Synaptic Transmission II
pdf
O'Neill  
M 10/03 EXAM 1 | Sample Exam (Nordeen/O'Neill)    
W 10/05 Brain Barrier: Regulating the CNS Environment
notes | pdf
Opanashuk Laterra, et al. 1999
F 10/07 Cellular Metabolism: Macromolecules
notes | pdf
Opanashuk Kellogg
M 10/10 NO CLASS-Fall Break    
W 10/12 Neurotransmission: Presynaptic Mechanisms
notes | pdf
Opanashuk pp. 111-121;
pp. 133-147
F 10/14 Neurotransmission: Postsynaptic Events I
notes | pdf
Opanashuk pp. 152-166
M 10/17 Neurotransmission: Postsynaptic Events II
notes | pdf
Opanashuk pp. 157-166
W 10/19 Chemical Neuroanatomy
notes | pdf
Opanashuk pp. 498-507
F 10/21 Neuroendocrine Regulation
notes | pdf
Opanashuk pp. 484-497
M 10/24 EXAM 2 (Opanashuk) | Sample Exam    
W 10/26 Sensory Receptors
pdf
O'Neill Ch 7 Appendix
F 10/28 Chemical Senses I: Taste
pdf
O'Neill Ch 8
M 10/31 Chemical Senses II: Olfaction
pdf
O'Neill  
W 11/02 Vision I: Eye and Retina
pdf
O'Neill Ch 9
F 11/04 Vision II: Visual Thalamus and Cortex
pdf
O'Neill Ch 10
M 11/07 Vision III: Striate and Extrastriate Cortex O'Neill  
W 11/09 Motor Systems I: Movements, Muscles, Motor Control; Spinal Control of Movements
pdf
O'Neill Ch 13
F 11/11 Motor Systems II: Descending Pathways; Motor Cortex Organization
pdf | pdf2
O'Neill Ch 14
M 11/14 Motor Systems III: Motor Cortex and Voluntary Movement O'Neill  
W 11/16 Motor Systems IV: Basal Ganglia; Cerebellum
pdf
O'Neill  
F 11/18 EXAM 3 (O'Neill) | Sample Exam    
M 11/21 Learning and Memory I
notes | pdf
Nordeen Ch 25; 726-50
W 11/23 NO CLASS-THANKSGIVING    
F 11/25 NO CLASS-THANKSGIVING    
M 11/28 Learning and Memory II
notes
| pdf
Nordeen Ch 25; 776-93
W 11/30 Learning and Memory III Nordeen Ch 25; 762-71
F 12/02 Wiring the Brain I
notes | pdf
Nordeen Ch 23
M 12/05 Wiring the Brain II
notes
| pdf
Nordeen Ch 23
W 12/07 Wiring the Brain III
notes
| pdf
Nordeen  
F 12/09 Critical periods and behavioral development Nordeen  
M 12/12 EXAM 4 (Nordeen)    

Lab Schedule

  • Tues 9:40 - 11:40 AM
  • Thurs 9:40 - 11:40 AM
  • Thurs 3:25 - 5:25 PM
  • Week 3: 09/13, 09/15, Mel 111
    Sheep Brain Dissection: Gross Anatomy (work in pairs)
  • Week 4: 09/20, 09/22, Mel 210
    Electrophysiology 1: Passive Membrane Properties
    Computer Lab
  • Week 6: 10/04, 10/06, Mel 210
    Electrophysiology 2: Action Potentials, Conduction Velocity
    Computer Lab
  • Week 8: Electrophysiology Question Set Due
  • Week 9: 10/25, 10/27, Mel 178
    Pharmacology 1: Data Collection
    Computer Lab
  • Week 11: 11/09, 11/10, Mel 178
    Pharmacology 2: Data Analysis
    Computer Lab
  • Week 12: 11/15, 11/17
    Sheep Brain Dissection & Whole Brain Atlas (work in pairs)
    Anatomy Practical
  • Week 13: Pharmacology Write-up Due Tuesday, November 22

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