meds371s.uchc.eduSystems Neuroscience Course, MEDS 371, Univ. Conn. Health Center

110 Clean Clean false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 –– MEDS 5371, Systems Neuroscience Course at Univ. Conn. Health Center 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Neuroanatomy resources Mouse brain atlas Allen Inst. mouse brain atlas Harvard mouse brain atlas UCLA Lab. Neural Imaging Human brain atlas Allen Inst. human brain atlas Harvard human brain atlas UCLA Lab. Neural Imaging ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ List of topics date topic lecturer lecture materials Jan 24 Thu 3-3:30 pm Course Overview and Organization Kim, Zecevic, Potashner slides " " 3:30-5 pm Gross Brain Anatomy I Potashner, Zecevic, Oliver slides ; text Jan 28 Mon 3-4 pm Somatosensory: Peripheral Kim slides Jan 31 Thu 3-4 pm Somatosensory: Central Kim slides " " 4-5 pm Spinal Cord Anatomy Zecevic slides ; text Feb 4 Mon 3-4 pm Gross Brain Anatomy II Oliver, Zecevic, Potashner text Feb 7 Thu 3-4 pm Brainstem & Cranial Nerve Nuclei Anatomy Oliver slides ; text " " 4-5 pm Pain System Kim slides Feb 11 Mon 3-4 pm Brainstem & Cranial Nerve Nuclei Anatomy Oliver slides ; text Feb 14 Thu 3-4 pm Visual System I: The Eye Mohan slides " " 4-5 pm Visual System II: Central Pathways Potashner slides ; text Feb 18 Mon 3-4 pm Visual System III: Depth and Motion Potashner slides ; text Feb 21 Thu 3-4 pm Chemosensory Systems Mohan slides ; text " " 4-6 pm First exam Feb 25 Mon 3-4 pm Reticular Formation Anatomy Oliver slides ; text Feb 28 Thu 3-4 pm Sensory Psychophysics Bernstein slides " " 4-5 pm Auditory System I: Peripheral Kim slides ; text Mar 4 Mon 3-4 pm Diencephalon Anatomy Zecevic slides ; text Mar 7 Thu 3-4 pm Gross Brain Anatomy III: human vs rodent Oliver, Zecevic, Potashner slides " " 4-5 pm Auditory System II: Hindbrain Kim slides ; text Mar 11 Mon 3-4 pm Auditory System III: Midbrain & Forebrain Oliver slides Mar 14 Thu 3-4 pm Telencephalon -Cerebral Cortex Anatomy Potashner slides ; text " " 4-5 pm Vestibular System Kuwada slides ; text Mar 18 - 22 Spring break Mar 25 Mon 3-4 pm Spinal Reflexes & Motor Neurons Kuwada spinal reflexes ; spinal motor neurons Mar 28 Thu 3-4 pm Eye Movement Potashner slides ; text " " 4-5 pm Voluntary Movement Potashner slides ; text Apr 1 Mon 3-4 pm Posture and Balance Potashner slides ; text Apr 4 Thu 3-4 pm Basal Ganglia Anatomy Potashner slides ; text " " 4-5 pm Basal Ganglia Function Crocker slides Apr 8 Mon 3-5 pm Second exam Apr 11 Thu 3-4 pm Cerebellum Oliver slides " " 4-5 pm Hypothalamus Potashner slides ; text Apr 15 Mon 3-4 pm Autonomic Nervous System Potashner slides ; text Apr 18 Thu 3-4 pm Neurochemical modulatory systems I Levine slides ; text " " 4-5 pm Neurochemical modulatory systems II Levine slides ; text Apr 22 Mon 3-4 pm Gross Brain Anatomy IV Zecevic, Potashner, Oliver slides ; text Apr 25 Thu 3-4 pm Limbic System Anatomy Zecevic slides ; text " " 4-5 pm Limbic System function Antic slides ; text Apr 29 Mon 3-4 pm Addiction & Reward Systems Antic slides May 2 Thu 3-4 pm Learning and Memory Antic slides " " 4-5 pm Cerebral Cortex-Cellular Mechanisms Anatomy Antic slides May 6 Mon 3-4 pm Speech and Birdsong Systems Kim slides 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...