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MEDS 5371, Systems Neuroscience Course |
Course website: http://meds371s.uchc.edu/
Dates:
January 24 - May 9, 2013
Day/Time: Mon. 3-4 pm; Thur. 3-5 pm;
Location: E-4036 (Neuroscience Conf. Room)
Credits: 3
Textbook: Purves, D. et al., "Neuroscience", 5th Ed., Sinauer, 2012;
Instructors:
Dr. D. O. Kim ( kim@neuron.uchc.edu ),
679-3690
Dr. N. Zecevic (nzecevic@neuron.uchc.edu),
679-1768
Dr. S.
Potashner(sjp9713@neuron.uchc.edu), 679-2405 , and staff
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This course is a part of the core series in the Neuroscience Graduate Program .
The course is
designed to help the first-year graduate students to acquire a solid
understanding of the function of major systems of the brain and their
structural substrates. The students' grades will be based on weekly quizzes and
3 examinations.
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Neuroanatomy resources
Mouse brain atlas
Human brain atlas
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List of topics
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date |
topic |
lecturer |
lecture
materials |
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Jan 24 Thu 3-3:30
pm |
Course Overview and Organization |
Kim, Zecevic, Potashner |
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" " 3:30-5 pm |
Gross Brain Anatomy I |
Potashner, Zecevic, Oliver |
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Jan 28 Mon 3-4 pm |
Somatosensory: Peripheral |
Kim |
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Jan 31 Thu 3-4 pm |
Somatosensory: Central |
Kim |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Spinal Cord Anatomy |
Zecevic |
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Feb 4 Mon 3-4 pm |
Gross Brain Anatomy II |
Oliver, Zecevic, Potashner |
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Feb 7
Thu 3-4 pm |
Brainstem & Cranial Nerve Nuclei Anatomy |
Oliver |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Pain System |
Kim |
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Feb 11
Mon 3-4 pm |
Brainstem & Cranial Nerve Nuclei
Anatomy |
Oliver |
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Feb 14 Thu 3-4 pm |
Visual System I: The Eye |
Mohan |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Visual System II: Central Pathways |
Potashner |
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Feb 18 Mon 3-4 pm |
Visual System III: Depth and Motion |
Potashner |
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Feb 21 Thu 3-4 pm |
Chemosensory Systems |
Mohan |
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" "
4-6 pm |
First exam |
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Feb 25 Mon 3-4 pm |
Reticular Formation Anatomy |
Oliver |
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Feb 28 Thu 3-4 pm |
Sensory Psychophysics |
Bernstein |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Auditory System I: Peripheral |
Kim |
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Mar 4 Mon 3-4 pm |
Diencephalon Anatomy |
Zecevic |
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Mar 7 Thu 3-4 pm |
Gross Brain Anatomy III: human vs rodent |
Oliver, Zecevic, Potashner |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Auditory System II: Hindbrain |
Kim |
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Mar 11 Mon 3-4 pm |
Auditory System III: Midbrain &
Forebrain |
Oliver |
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Mar 14
Thu 3-4 pm |
Telencephalon-Cerebral Cortex Anatomy |
Potashner |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Vestibular System |
Kuwada |
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Mar 18 - 22 |
Spring break |
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Mar 25 Mon 3-4 pm |
Spinal Reflexes & Motor Neurons |
Kuwada |
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Mar 28 Thu 3-4 pm |
Eye Movement |
Potashner |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Voluntary Movement |
Potashner |
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Apr 1 Mon 3-4 pm |
Posture and Balance |
Potashner |
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Apr 4 Thu 3-4 pm |
Basal Ganglia Anatomy |
Potashner |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Basal Ganglia Function |
Crocker |
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Apr 8
Mon 3-5 pm |
Second exam |
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Apr 11 Thu 3-4 pm |
Cerebellum |
Oliver |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Hypothalamus |
Potashner |
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Apr 15
Mon 3-4 pm |
Autonomic Nervous System |
Potashner |
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Apr 18 Thu 3-4 pm |
Neurochemical modulatory
systems I |
Levine |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Neurochemical modulatory
systems II |
Levine |
slides ; text |
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Apr 22 Mon 3-4 pm |
Gross Brain Anatomy IV |
Zecevic, Potashner, Oliver |
slides ; text |
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Apr 25 Thu 3-4 pm |
Limbic System Anatomy |
Zecevic |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Limbic System function |
Antic |
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Apr 29 Mon 3-4 pm |
Addiction & Reward Systems |
Antic |
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May 2 Thu 3-4 pm |
Learning and Memory |
Antic |
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" " 4-5 pm |
Cerebral Cortex-Cellular Mechanisms
Anatomy |
Antic |
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May 6 Mon 3-4 pm |
Speech and Birdsong Systems |
Kim |
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May 9
Thu 3-5 pm |
Final exam |
For questions and
comments, contact Dr. D. Kim, kim@neuron.uchc.edu
Created on August 11, 2000; last updated on April 26, 2013