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Module 5: Neurophysiology (26 hours; Drs. Reeves/Wood)

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Module Coordinators : Drs. Harris and Wood
12-08-2008 to 01-21-2009
Mon 9:30 - 11:30 AM MSB C-600
Wed 9:30 - 11:30 AM ICPH 1st Floor Auditorium
Fri 9:30 - 11:30 AM ICPH 1st Floor Auditorium

Workshop Problems 2007

Workshop Problem Answers 2007

Note : Neuroscientists study the nervous system using approaches that range from neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology and cellular and molecular neuroscience to studies of human behavior and brain imaging. Areas of research interests for a Neuroscientist include membrane and synaptic physiology, behavior & learning and clinical aspects of diseases of the nervous system. This last module of the Core Course examines the ways that many of the molecular and cellular events studied earlier in this course are used by the nervous system to accomplish its function, i.e., to detect and process environmental information and then act on that information by eliciting an appropriate response.

Session

Date

Topic

Lecturer

Slides and Outlines

12/8

Diffusion and membrane potentials
9:30 – 10:30 AM

Harris

Carrier-mediated Transport
10:30 – 11:30 AM

Berlin

Slides

12/10

Channel Structure/Function
9:30 – 10:30 AM

Shirokov

Slides

Resting and Action Potentials
10:30 – 11:30 AM

Reeves

Slides

12/12

Conductance of Action Potentials & Hodgkin/Huxley
9:30 – 10:30 AM

Reeves

Slides
Logarithms & Exponentials

Ca2+-dependent regulation of motor proteins in muscle
10:30 – 11:30 AM

Shirokova

Slides

12/15

Integration of Channels and Carriers in Cardiac Function
9:30 -10:30 AM

Reeves

Slides

Muscle Contraction & Motor Proteins
10:30 – 11:00 AM

Berlin

Reading , Slides

12/17

Review of Problems – course Review

Reeves

12/19

Exam

12/20-12/28 WINTER BREAK

M	9	1/5	Cell biology of the nerve cell 9:30 -10:30 AM	Levison	Slides

	10		Current issues on the cell biology of the nerve cell 10:30-11:30	Ingoglia	Slides

W	11	1/7	Cell survival and death, the role of growth factors 9:30 -10:30 AM	Elkabes	Slides

	12		Neurotransmission – the neuromuscular junction 10:30-11:30	McArdle	Slides

F	13	1/9	Synaptic function and integration in the brain 9:30 -10:30 AM	Routh	Slides

	14		Synaptic plasticity in learning 10:30-11:30	Townes-Anderson	Slides

M	15	1/12	Glial cells and their role in the nervous system 9:30 -10:30 AM	Levison	Slides

	16		Circuits, sensory/motor systems 10:30-11:30	Ingoglia	Slides

W	17	1/14	Neural pathways/spinal cord injury 9:30 -10:30 AM	Ingoglia	Slides

	1 hour		Alternative learning – group presentations I 10:30-11:30		Alt Learning Guidelines Alt Learning Groups

F	2 hour	1/16	Alternative learning – group presentations II 9:30 -10:30 AM

			Alternative learning – group presentations III 10:30-11:30

M 1/19 Martin Luther King Day (NO CLASS)

W		1/21	Exam 8 (in ICPH Auditorium)