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NSC 201/BCS 240: Lecture Schedule

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Date Topic Instructor Text
F 08/31 Cellular Neuroanatomy I | notes | lecture Nordeen Ch 1 & 2
M 09/03 NO CLASS-Labor Day    
W 09/05 Cellular Neuroanatomy II | notes | lecture Nordeen  
F 09/07 Structure in the Developing Nervous System | notes | lecture Nordeen Ch 7
M 09/10 Gross Organization of the Nervous System I | notes | lecture Nordeen  
W 09/12 Gross Organization of the Nervous System II | notes | lecture Nordeen  
F 09/14 Tools for Studying Systems & Chemical Neuroanatomy | notes | lecture Nordeen  
M 09/17 Membranes, Channels, Membrane Potentials I | lecture
ANATOMY TAKE-HOME DUE
O'Neill Ch 3
W 09/19 Membranes, etc. II | lecture O'Neill  
F 09/21 NO CLASS    
M 09/24 Action Potentials I | lecture O'Neill Ch 4
W 09/26 Action Potentials II: Propagation | lecture O'Neill  
F 09/28 Synaptic Transmission I | lecture O'Neill Ch 5
M 10/01 Synaptic Transmission II | lecture O'Neill  
W 10/03 EXAM 1(Nordeen/O'Neill)    
F 10/05 Brain Barrier: Regulating the CNS Environment | notes | pdf Opanashuk Laterra, et al. 1999
M 10/08 NO CLASS-Fall Break    
W 10/10 Cellular Metabolism: Macromolecules | notes | pdf Opanashuk Kellogg article
F 10/12 Neurotransmission: Presynaptic Mechanisms | notes | pdf Opanashuk pp. 111-121;
pp. 133-147
M 10/15 Neurotransmission: Postsynaptic Events I | notes | pdf Opanashuk pp. 152-166
W 10/17 Neurotransmission: Postsynaptic Events II | notes | pdf Opanashuk pp. 157-166
F 10/19 Chemical Neuroanatomy | notes | pdf Opanashuk pp. 498-507
M 10/22 Neuroendocrine Regulation | notes | pdf Opanashuk pp. 484-497
W 10/24 EXAM 2 (Opanashuk)    
F 10/26 Sensory Receptors | pdf O'Neill Ch 7 Appendix
M 10/29 Chemical Senses I | pdf O'Neill Ch 8
W 10/31 Chemical Senses II | pdf O'Neill  
F 11/02 Vision I: Eye and Retina | pdf O'Neill Ch 9
M 11/05 Vision II: Visual Thalamus and Cortex | pdf O'Neill Ch 10
W 11/07 Motor Systems I: Movements, Muscles, Motor Control | pdf O'Neill Ch 13
F 11/09 Motor Systems II: Spinal Cord, Reflexes O'Neill  
M 11/12 Motor Systems III: Central Pattern Generators, Locomotion | pdf O'Neill Ch 14
W 11/14 Motor Systems IV: Motor Cortex, Voluntary Movement O'Neill  
F 11/16 Motor Systems V: Basal Ganglia, Cerebellum | pdf O'Neill  
M 11/19 EXAM 3 (O'Neill)
Sample Exam
   
W 11/21 NO CLASS-THANKSGIVING    
F 11/23 NO CLASS-THANKSGIVING    
M 11/26 Learning and Memory I | pdf | notes Nordeen Ch 25; 726-50
W 11/28 Learning and Memory II | pdf | notes Nordeen Ch 25; 776-93
F 11/30 Learning and Memory III Nordeen Ch 25; 762-71
M 12/03 Wiring the Brain I | pdf | notes Nordeen Ch 23
W 12/05 Wiring the Brain II | pdf | notes Nordeen Ch 23
F 12/07 Wiring the Brain III | pdf | notes Nordeen  
M 12/10 Critical periods and behavioral development Nordeen  
W 12/12 EXAM 4 (Nordeen)
Sample Exam
   

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