NEUROSCIENCE N623
Systems Neuroscience
Fall 2018

Time: Mon, Wed, Fri at 4:00-5:00PM, Room: WH 4605

Text: Kandel, Schwartz, Jessell, Siegelbaum and Huspeth, 5th Edition Course Directors: Daniel Ts'o, x4-5531, tsod@upstate.edu Frank Middleton, x4-7721, middletf@upstate.edu

* Scheduling exception, reconfirm time and place
# Additional introductory readings assigned, see relevant reading list

Week		Chapters	Topic
1	Sep 3		Labor Day
	Sep 4*	1,15-21	Neural Basis of Cognition (Tso)
	Sep 7	#	Introduction to Neocortex (Tso)
2	Sep 10	26	Vision, retina (Solessio)
	Sep 12		Retina papers (Solessio)
	Sep 14		Retina papers (Solessio)
3	Sep 17	25, 27 #	Central visual pathways (Tso)
	Sep 19		Central vision papers (Tso)
	Sep 21		Central vision papers (Tso)
4	Sep 24	28 #	Perception of motion, depth, color and form (Tso)
	Sep 26		Visual Submodalities papers (Tso)
	Sep 28		Visual Submodalities papers (Tso) Think about mid-course paper topic
5	Oct 1	20, 29 #	Attention (Tso)
	Oct 3		Attention Papers (Tso)
	Oct 5	39, 40	Oculomotor and Vestibular system (Middleton)
6	Oct 8		Columbus Day
	Oct 10		Oculomotor and Vestibular Papers (Middleton)
	Oct 12		Oculomotor and Vestibular Papers (Middleton)
7	Oct 15	30, 31	Hearing, transduction to 8th nerve encoding (Solessio)
	Oct 17		Early audition papers (Solessio)
	Oct 19	30 #	Central audition and Auditory Psychophysics Demos (Tso)
8	Oct 22		Central audition papers (Tso) Choose mid-course paper topic
	Oct 24		Central audition and language papers (Tso)
	Oct 26	32	Chemical senses (Middleton) Mid-semester exam distributed
9	Oct 29*		Mid-semester exam due at 3:30pm
	Oct 30*		Chemical senses papers (Middleton)
	Oct 31		Chemical senses papers (Middleton)
	Nov 2	20-23	Somatosensory system (Middleton)
10	Nov 5		Somatosensory papers, transduction and encoding (Middleton)
	Nov 7		Somatosensory papers, central processing (Middleton)
	Nov 9	33, 34, 36, 37	Sensory/Motor integration, Motor Unit, Reflexes, Locomotion (Middleton)
11	Nov 12		Motor System papers (Middleton)
	Nov 14		Motor System papers (Middleton)
	Nov 16	38	Central Control of Movement and Motor Papers I (Middleton)
12	Nov 19		Central Motor Papers II (Middleton)
	Nov 20		Mid-course paper due at 3:30pm
	Nov 21*		Brief (10-15min) presentations of mid-course papers
	Nov 23		Thanksgiving Holiday
13	Nov 26	41, 42 #	Central Motor Papers III (Cerebellum) (Middleton)
	Nov 28	43 #	Central Motor Papers IV (BasalGanglia) (Middleton)
	Nov 30	24, 49 #	Limbic System Overview (Middleton)
14	Dec 3		Pain, Autonomic & Limbic System Interactions (Middleton)
	Dec 5		Chronobiology (Sleep and Circadian Rhythms)
	Dec 7	62	Learning, memory: Cellular mechanisms (Middleton)
15	Dec 10	63	Learning, memory: Cellular mechanisms (Middleton)
	Dec 12		Central learning and memory papers (Middleton)
	Dec 14	56 #	Sensory experience, plasticity and reorganization papers (Tso)
16	Dec 17		Sensory experience, plasticity and reorganization papers (Tso) Final exam distributed
	Dec 19		Decision making, Neuro-economics, Free will papers (Tso)
	Dec 21		Final exam due by 3:30pm in the Neuroscience Office.

 

Nobel Laureates in the Neurosciences, lectures and bio's.

A timeline of the History of Neuroscience.

Mid-course paper assignment (due November 25 at 3:30pm in the Neuroscience Office).

The mid-semester exam will be a take-home exam, distributed on Monday, October 27, due no later than Thursday, October 30, 3:30pm in the Neuroscience Office.

The final exam will be a take-home exam, distributed on Wednesday, December 17, due no later than Monday, December 22, 3:30pm in the Neuroscience Office.

Tips for effective paper presentations

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