Neural Systems 2012

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Week 1

Time

Date

Title + Lecturer

Readings

9:00-10:30

Wed, January 18

Lecture 1: Introduction to Systems Neuroscience
Lecturer: Larry Snyder

1:00-4:00

Lab 1: Human Gross Anatomy; Human Brain Overview, Dissection I
Lecturers: Price, Dikranian

Lab 1 Powerpoint

Woolsey: Part I
AND
Purves: pages 815-819, 827-836, 839-842, 844-845

9:00-10:30

Fri, January 20

Lecture 2: Synaptic Organization of the Brain
Lecturer: Andreas Burkhalter

Purves: Chapter 1; Chapter 2 (25-28); Chapter 5 (112-115); Chapter 11 (277-286)

Week 2

9:00-10:30

Mon, January 23

Lecture 3: Development and Structure of the Spinal Cord
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: Chapter 23

9:00-10:30

Wed, January 25

Lecture 4: Brainstem & Cranial Nerves
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: 822-827, 854-855

1:00-4:00

Lab 2: Spinal Cord & Brainstem, Primate & Mouse
Lecturers: Price, Dikranian, Burkhalter

Lab 1 Powerpoint

Woolsey: Pp. 40-45, 138-149, 170-177

9:00-9:15

Fri, January 25

9:15-10:30

Lecture 5: Receptor/Neural Coding
Lecturers: Larry Snyder

Kandel et al., Chapter 21

Week 3

9:00-10:30

Mon, January 30

Lecture 6: Cerebellum
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: Chapter 19

9:00-10:30

Wed, February 1

Lecture 7: Midbrain & Hypothalamus & Transmitter Systems
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: Chapters 6

1:00-4:00

Lab 3: Forebrain, Primate & Mouse
Lecturer: Price, Burkhalter

Woolsey: Pp. 20-38, 155-166, 212-226

9:00-9:15

Fri, February 3

9:15-10:30

Lecture 8: Basal Ganglia
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: Chapter 18

Week 4

9:00-10:30

Mon, February 6

Lecture 9: Thalamus
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: Chapters 18 and 21

9:00-10:30

Wed, February 8

Lecture 10: Cortex
Lecturer: Joel Price

Not Yet Assigned

1:00-4:00

Lab 4: Tools for investigating neuronal circuits
Lecturers: Andreas Burkhalter, Tim Holy, Daniel Kerschensteiner, Vitaly Klyachko

N/A

9:00-9:15

Fri, February 10

9:15-10:30

Lecture 11: Measurement of Behavior
Lecturer: Steve Petersen

Not Yet Assigned

Week 5

9:00-10:30

Mon, February 13

Lecture 12: Maps, Columns, and Behavior
Lecturer: Steve Petersen

Supplemental Reading: Posner 1978 Chapters 1,2

9:00-10:30

Wed, February 15

Lecture 13: Functional Organization of Visual Cortex
Lecturer: Andreas Burkhalter

Purves: Chapter 11

1:00-4:00

Lab 5: Eye, Visual Pathway, Blobs, Receptive Fields, Auditory
Lecturers: Andreas Burkhalter, Joel Price

Purves: Chapter 11

9:00-9:15

Fri, February 17

9:15-10:30

Lecture 14: Cortical Networks
Lecturer: Andreas Burkhalter

Douglas RJ and Martin KAC (2007), The butterfly and the loom. Brain Res. Reviews, 55: 314-328.

Week 6

9:00-10:30

Mon, February 20

Lecture 15: Electric Fish
Lecturer: Bruce Carlson

Rose2004.pdf

9:00-10:30

Wed, February 22

Lecture 16: Audition (ppt)
Lecturer: Larry Snyder ... keynote

Purves: Chapter 13

1:00-4:00

Lab 6: Electric fish
Lecturers: Bruce Carlson,Dan Moran
Location: 112 Rebstock Hall, Danforth Campus

N/A

9:00-9:15

Fri, February 24

9:15-10:30

Discussion 1: Higher Auditory Areas
Rooms 201 + 213

Knudsen 2002

Hyde and Knudsen 2002

Week 7

9:00-10:30

Mon, February 27

Lecture 18: Somatosensory (ppt)
Lecturer: Larry Snyder ... keynote

Purves: Chapter 9

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9:00-10:30

Wed, February 29

Lecture 19: Neural coding II: population codes
Lecturer: Larry Snyder

Signal Detection: esp pp. 17-23 (chap 3 is in 'supplemental', for additional enrichment)

Averbeck 2006: Correlations (for enrichment only)

1:00-4:00

Lab 7: Monkey Demo I
Lecturers: Snyder, Padoa-Schioppa

9:00-9:15

Fri, March 2

9:15-10:30

Discussion 2: Somatosensory Plasticity
Facilitator: Larry Snyder
Rooms 201 + 213

Lemus 2010

Lemus 2010 Views

Haegens 2011

Week 8

9:00-10:30

Mon, March 5

Lecture 21: Vestibular Systems
Lecturer: Larry Snyder

Purves: Chapter 14

9:00-10:30

Wed, March 7

Lecture 22: Plasticity of Developing and Mature Cortex
Lecturer: Andreas Burkhalter

Purves: Chapter 24, Ch.9 (227-228)

1:00-4:00

Free (or review session?)

9:00-10:30

Fri, March 9

Exam 1

Spring Break

Mon, March 12

SPRING BREAK

Wed, March 14

Fri, March 16

Week 9

9:00-10:30

Mon, March 19

Lecture 23: Oculomotor System and Space I
Lecturer: Larry Snyder

Purves: Chapter 20

EyeMovements Notes

9:00-10:30

Wed, March 21

Lecture 24: Oculomotor System and Space II
Lecturer: Larry Snyder

Purves: Chapter 20

1:00-4:00

Lab 9: Oculomotor System
Lecturers: Larry Snyder,
Dan Moran

Location: Whitaker Hall, Danforth Campus

N/A

9:00-9:15

Fri, March 23

9-10:30

Discussion 3: Oculomotor System
Facilitator: Larry Snyder
Rooms 201 + 213

Gold & Shadlen 2000

Week 10

9:00-10:30

Mon, March 26

Lecture 26: Motor Cortex I
Lecturer: William Thomas Thach

Purves: Chapter 17

9:00-10:30

Wed, March 28

Lecture 27: Motor Cortex II
Lecturer: Dan Moran

Purves: Chapter 19

1:00-4:00

Lab 10: Frog Nerve Conduction
Lecturer: Dan Moran
Location: Whitaker Hall, Danforth Campus

9:00-9:15

Fri, March 30

9:15-10:30

Lecture 28: Cerebellum
Lecturer: William Thomas Thach

Not Yet Assigned

Week 11

9:00-10:30

Mon, April 2

Lecture 29: Motor Plasticity
Lecturer: Dan Moran

Purves: Chapter 18

9:00-10:30

Wed, April 4

Lecture 30: Basal Ganglia and Injury
Lecturer: William Thomas Thach

Basal Ganglia and Injury - Extra PPT

Not Yet Assigned

1:00-4:00

Lab 11: Sensory-Motor & Thalamus,Basal Ganglia,and Cerebellum
Lecturers: Joel Price, Tom Thach

Woolsey: Pp. 46-47, 136-137, 155-162, 206-212

9:00-9:15

Fri, April 6

9:15-10:30

Lecture 31: Visceral Motor I
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves: Chapter 21

Week 12

9:00-10:30

Mon, April 9

Lecture 32: Visceromotor II
Lecturer: Joel Price

Not Yet Assigned

9:00-10:30

Wed, April 11

Lecture 33: Emotion
Lecturer: Joel Price

N/A

1:00-4:00


Lab 12: Limbic System/Brain Dissection

Lecturers: Price, Dikranian

Woolsey

9:00-9:15

Fri, April 13

9:15-10:30

Lecture 34: Memory
Lecturer: Joel Price

Purves Chapter 29

Week 13

9:00-10:30

Mon, April 16

Lecture 35: Interpreting Imaging Studies
Lecturer: Steve Petersen

Not Yet Assigned

9:00-10:30

Wed, April 18

Lecture 36: Cognition I: Learning and Memory
Lecturers: Steve Petersen

Not Yet Assigned

1:00-4:00

Lab 13: Imaging Demonstration
Lecturers: Steve Petersen
Location: East Building Imaging Facility

Not Yet Assigned

9:00-9:15

Fri, April 20

9-10:30

Discussion 4: Imaging Paper
Facilitator: Steve Petersen
Rooms 213 and 207

Corbetta 1993

Corbetta 1995

Week 14

9:00-10:30

Mon, April 23

Lecture 38: Decision Making
Lecturers: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa

Gold & Shadlen 2001

Padoa-Schioppa 2011

Glimcher 2005

9:00-10:30

Wed, April 25

Lecture 39: Dopamine Cells and Frontal Lobe
Lecturers: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa

Miller and Cohen 2001

Schultz 2002

No Lab

9:00-9:15

Fri, April 27

9:15-10:30

Discussion 5: Frontal Lobe Paper
Facilitator: ?
Rooms 213 and 207

Tomita 1999

Week 15

9:00-10:30

Mon, April 30

Lecture 40: Cognition II: Selective Attention
Lecturer: Steve Petersen

Not Yet Assigned

9:00-10:30

Wed, May 2

Lecture 41: Cognition III: Controlled versus Automatic Processing
Lecturer: Steve Petersen

Not Yet Assigned

No Lab

9:00-9:15

Fri, May 4

9:15-10:30

Lecture 42: Cognition IV: Language and Reading
Lecturer: Steve Petersen

Not Yet Assigned

Week 16

9:00-10:30

Mon, May 7

Lecture 43: Sleep
Lecturer: Paul Shaw

Purves: Chapter 28

9:00

Wed, May 9

Exam 2