Neu 200 Introduction to Neuroscience Fall 2011
9:30 – 10:45 T,TH Room A303, Tribble Hall,
Texts: Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain by Bear et al. (3rd edition)
Neuroscience Book Club: Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Macknik et al.
Neu 201 Neuroscience Laboratory 6:30-9:45 PM Mon & Tues and 2:00-4:45 PM Tues
Room B01 Winston Hall; Text: Handouts
| Th Sep | 1 | Intro (Silver) | No lab | |
| Tu | 6 | Neuroanatomy (Spence) | Ch. 7 | Sheep Brain Dissection |
| Th Sep | 8 | Neurophysiology (Conner) | Ch 3 | (Spence, Lack) |
| Tu | 13 | Neurophysiology (Conner) | Ch 4 | Computer simulation |
| Th | 15 | Neurophysiology (Conner) | Ch 5 | (voltage clamp) Silver |
| Tu | 20 | Sensory systems (Silver) | – | Earthworm giant axons |
| Th | 22 | Sensory systems (Silver) | Ch 9 | (Silver) |
| Tu | 27 | Sensation and Perception (Schirillo) | Ch 10 | Earthworm giant axons |
| Th | 29 | Psychopharmacology (Blumenthal) | Ch 15 | (Silver) |
| Tu Oct | 4 | Psychopharmacology (Blumenthal) | Ch 15 | Cockroach vision |
| Th | 6 | EXAM 1 | (Silver) | |
| Tu | 11 | Nervous System development (Fahrbach) | Ch 23 | Blowfly Taste |
| Th | 13 | Nervous System development (Fahrbach) | Ch 23 | (Silver) |
| Tu | 18 | Neural Basis of Learning (Lack) | Ch 25 | Learning in Aplysia |
| Th | 20 | Neural Basis of Learning (Lack) | Ch 25 | (Conner) |
| Tu | 25 | Neuroethics (Iltis) | – | Learning in Aplysia |
| Th | 27 | Neurobiology of Stress (Johnson) | – | (Conner) |
| Tu Nov | 1 | Motivation (Pratt) | Ch 16 | Human EEGs I |
| Th | 3 | EXAM 2 | (Blumenthal) | |
| Tu | 8 | Cognitive Neuroscience (Dagenbach) | Ch 21 | Human Electromyograms |
| Tu | 10 | Cognitive Neuroscience (Dagenbach) | Ch 21 | Human EEGs I |
| Th | 15 | Neuroimaging (Jennings) | – | (Blumenthal) |
| Th | 17 | Memory (Jennings) | Ch 24 | (Ashley-Ross) |
| Tu | 22 | Emotion (Waugh) | Ch 18 | NO LAB |
| Th | 24 | THANKSGIVING | ||
| Tu | 29 | Language (Alarcón) | Ch 20 | Cognitive lab |
| Th Dec | 1 | Sleep (McCauley) | Ch 19 | (Dagenbach) |
| Tu | 6 | Sleep (McCauley) | Ch 19 | Lab Evaluation |
| Th | 8 | EXAM 3 |
Look at http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep before coming to the first lab. Please bring your computer to the lab.
Readings can be found and downloaded from Sakai. Look for the specific lecture’s folder in the Resources Section. These are PDF files.
NO FINAL EXAM
Grade Basis: Exams 32% each. Participation (Neuroscience Program Evaluation Material) 4%