| Date |
Topic |
Readings |
| 01/19 |
Defining Mental Illness | pdf |
Ch 1-3 & 7 |
| 01/24 |
Neurotransmitters | pdf |
pp. 75-86
Deutch & Roth 2009 |
| 01/26 |
Receptors and Transduction | pdf |
Girault & Greengard 2009 |
| 01/31 |
Neuroplasticity | pdf |
Ch 5
Nestler & Hyman 2009;
Hyman & Nestler 2009;
McGill & Zoghbi 2009 |
| 02/02 |
Hormones and Stress Response | pdf
TAKE-HOME PROBLEM SET HANDED OUT |
McEwen 2006;
Bear, Connors, & Paradiso |
| 02/07 |
Principles of Treatment Development | pdf |
Hulley & Cummings Ch 11;
Zubieta & Stohler 2009;
Inst. of Medicine 2009 |
| 02/09 |
Huntington's and Parkinson's Disease – Clinical | pdf
TAKE-HOME PROBLEM SET DUE |
Walker 2007;
Goetz 1995, pgs 26-36, 62-80 |
| 02/14 |
Huntington's and Parkinson's Neurobiology | pdf |
Wichmann & DeLong 2006;
Imarisio et al. 2008 |
| 02/16 |
Cortical Dementias Clinical | pdf |
Kaufe & DeKosky 2009 |
| 02/21 |
Cortical Dementias Neurobiology | pdf |
TBD |
| 02/23 |
Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders | pdf |
Wong et al. 2006 |
| 02/28 |
Advances in Treatments |
TBD |
| 03/01 |
EXAM II in class |
|
| 03/06 |
Substance Abuse: What are the Drugs and How do they Affect the Brain | pdf |
Nestler 2009;
Wise 2000 |
| 03/08 |
Substance Abuse - Animal Models of Treatment | pdf |
O'Brien & Dackis 2009 |
| |
Spring Break: 03/13-03/15 |
|
| 03/20 |
Mood Disorders - Clinical | pdf |
Ghaemi & Goodwin 2009 |
| 03/22 |
Mood Disorders - Neurobiology | pdf |
Catapano et al. 2009;
Duman 2009 |
| 03/27 |
Anxiety/OCD - Clinical | pdf |
Stein & Bienvenu 2009 |
| 03/29 |
Anxiety/OCD - Neurobiology | pdf |
McEwen 2009;
Garakani et al. 2009 |
| 04/03 |
Treatment of Mood/Anxiety Disorders | pdf | pdf2 |
Berman et al. 2009;
Mathew et al. 2009 |
| 04/05 |
Advances in Treatments |
TBD |
| 04/10 |
EXAM III in class |
|
| 04/12 |
Psychoses - Clinical | pdf |
First 2009 |
| 04/17 |
Psychoses - Neurobiology | pdf |
Lewis & Volk 2009;
Abi-Dargham 2009 |
| 04/19 |
Treatment of Psychoses | pdf |
Tamminga 2009 |
| 04/24 |
Epilepsy - Clinical | pdf |
TBD |
| 04/26 |
Epilepsy - Neurobiology | pdf |
TBD |
| 05/01 |
Advances in Treatments |
TBD |
| 05/10 |
FINAL EXAM 4 PM, Morey 321
Semicumulative, emphasis on last unit |
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