CELL 666 - Synaptic Organization of the Brain (3)

CELL 666 - Synaptic Organization of the Brain (3)

Jeff Tasker, Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University

William Guido, Dept of Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU Health Sciences Center

Spring 2002, Mon and Wed 2 – 4 PM

E-mails - JT: tasker@tulane.edu; WG: wguido@lsumc.edu

Textbook: The Synaptic Organization of the Brain, 4^th Edition, Gordon Shepherd (Editor)

Grades: Based on weekly take-home, single-question exams and 1 – 2 oral presentations

Date Topic Room Reading

1/9 Introduction, overview of course (Tasker/Guido) TU Stern 2000

1/14 Introduction to Synaptic Circuits (Guido) LSU Anat Conf Rm Chapt. 1

1/16 Membrane properties & neurotransmitter actions (Tasker) TU Stern 2000 Chapt. 2

1/21 Martin Luther King Holiday

1/28 Spinal Cord: Ventral Horn (Inglis) TU Stern 2000 Chapt. 3

1/30 Spinal Cord TU Stern 2000 Papers

2/4 Brainstem (Smith) TU Stern 2000 TBA

2/6 Brainstem TU Stern 2000 Papers

2/11 Mardi Gras

2/13 Mardi Gras

2/18 Cochlear nucleus (Ricci) LSU Anat Conf Rm Chapt. 4

2/20 Cochlear nucleus LSU Anat Conf Rm Papers

2/25 Hypothalamus I (Tasker) TU Stern 2000 TBA

2/27 Hypothalamus I TU Stern 2000 Papers

3/4 Hypothalamus II, Circadian Rhythms (Belousov) TU Stern 2000 TBA

3/6 Hypothalamus II, Circadian Rhythms TU Stern 2000 Papers

3/11 Retina (Weyand) LSU Anat Conf Rm Chapt. 6

3/13 Retina LSU Anat Conf Rm Papers

3/18 Thalamus (Guido) LSU Anat Conf Rm Chapt. 8

3/20 Thalamus LSU Anat Conf Rm Papers

3/24-31 Spring break

4/1 Basal ganglia (Harlan) TU Stern 2000 Chapt. 9

4/3 Basal ganglia TU Stern 2000 Papers

4/8 Hippocampus (Magee) LSU Anat Conf Rm Chapt. 11

4/10 Hippocampus LSU Anat Conf Rm Papers

4/15 Neocortex (Mize) LSU Anat Conf Rm Chapt. 12

4/17 Neocortex LSU Anat Conf Rm Papers