Neu 200 Introduction to Neuroscience Fall 2009

9:30 – 10:45 T,TH

Room 221, Winston Hall,

Texts: Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain by Bear et al. (3rd edition)

For Neuroscience Book Club: How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

Neu 201 Neuroscience Laboratory 6:00-9:00PM M & T  

 Room B01 Winston Hall; Text: Handouts

Date              Lecture Topic                                     Reading                  Lab    

Th  Aug

27

Intro (Silver)

 

No lab

Tu  Sep           

1     

Neuroanatomy  (Dobrin)

Ch. 7

Sheep Brain Dissection

Th  

3

Neurophysiology (Conner)

Ch 3

(Meyer)

Tu

8 

Neurophysiology (Conner)

Ch 4

Computer simulation (voltage clamp)

Th

10

Neurophysiology (Conner)

Ch 5

(Silver)

Tu 

15    

Sensory systems (Silver)

#

Earthworm giant axons

Th

17

Sensory systems (Silver)

Ch 9

(Silver)

Tu

22

Perception and Sensation (Schirillo)

Ch 10

Earthworm giant axons

Th

24

Perception and Sensation (Schirillo)

Ch 10#

(Silver)

Tu

29

Neural Basis of Learning (Silver)

Ch 25

Cockroach vision

Th Oct

1      

EXAM 1

 

(Silver)

Tu

6  

Neural Basis of Learning (Silver)

Ch 25

Learning in Aplysia (Conner)

Th

8

Nervous System Development (Fahrbach)

Ch 23

 

Tu 

13

Nervous System Development (Fahrbach)

Ch 23

Learning in Humans+ (Silver)

Th

15

Motor systems (Ashley-Ross)

Ch 13

 

Tu

20

Motor systems (Ashley-Ross)

Ch 14

NO LAB

Th       

22

Memory (Jennings))

Ch 24 #

 

Tu    

27

Neuroimaging (Jennings)

CH 7 #

Human Electromyograms+

Th

29

EXAM 2

 

(Ashley-Ross)

Tu  Nov  

3

Neural Networks (Thomas)

#

Human EEGs I (Blumenthal)+

Th 

5

Neural Networks (Thomas)

#

 

Tu

10

Motivation (Pratt)

Ch16

Human EEGs I (Blumenthal)+

Th

12

Circadian Rhythms (Johnson)

Ch19

 

Tu

17

Language (Alarcón)

Ch 20

Neural network exercise (Thomas)

Th       

19

Philosophy of Mind (Kennedy)

#

 

Tu       

24

Philosophy of Mind (Kennedy)

#

NO LAB

Th        

26

THANKSGIVING

 

 

Tu  Dec      

1

Sleep (McCauley)

Ch 19

Lab Evaluation

Th   

3

EXAM 3

 

 

Look at http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep before coming to the first lab. You may want to bring your computer to the lab.

# Readings can be found and downloaded from Blackboard. Look for the specific lecture’s folder in the Course Document Section. These are PDF files.

+ Labs held in room 106 Greene Hall

NO FINAL