Syllabus – Fall 2013
BIBB 109/PSYC 109/BIOL 219
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
14
15
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
W
F
M
Topic
8/28
8/30
9/2
9/4
9/6
9/9
9/11
9/13
9/16
9/18
9/20
9/23
9/25
9/27
9/30
10/2
10/4
10/7
10/9
10/11
10/14
10/16
10/18
10/21
10/23
10/25
10/28
10/30
11/1
11/4
11/6
11/8
11/11
11/13
11/15
11/18
11/20
11/22
11/25
11/27
11/29
12/2
12/4
12/6
12/9
Chapter
Lab/Recitation
NO CLASS
Intro
1
LABOR DAY
Cell biology/membrane potential
2,3
Recitation 9/5 & 9/10
Signal transmission/action potential
4
Signal transmission/v-gated channels
4
Synaptic transmission/chemical vs electrical
5
Lab 9/12 & 9/17
Synaptic transmission/ionotropic channels
6
Neuronal logic/spatiotemporal integration
5
Neuroscience of Disease – Epilepsy
video lecture
Recitation 9/19 & 9/24
Synaptic transmission/metabotropic receptors
6
NMDA-r/synaptic plasticity
23
Exam Review 9/23
EXAM 1
Taste
8
Lab 9/26 & 10/1
Olfaction
8
Audition/signal transduction
11
Recitation 10/3 & 10/8
Audition/stimulus encoding
11
Drop Period Ends
Touch
12
Neuroscience of Disease – Pain
video lecture
FALL BREAK
No Recitation
NO CLASS
Vision/signal transduction
9
Recitation 10/17 & 10/22
Vision/retinal processing
9
Vision/parallel processing
10
Vision/striate cortex
10
Recitation 10/24 & 10/29
Movement/neuromuscular junction
13
Movement/spinal control
13
Movement/CNS control
14
Exam Review 10/30
EXAM 2
Hypothalamus/ Feeding behavior
15, 16
Lab 11/5 & 11/7
Sleep [Flanagan-Cato]
19
Circadian rythms [Flanagan-Cato]
19
Withdraw Period Ends
NO CLASS [Neuroscience meeting]
No Recitation
NO CLASS [Neuroscience meeting]
Sexual differentiation/anatomy [Flanagan-Cato]
17
Recitation 11/14 & 11/19
Sexual differentiation/behavior [Flanagan-Cato]
17
Learning & memory/approaches
24
Learning & memory/sensitization
25
Learning & memory/synaptic plasticity
25
Lab 11/26 & 12/3
NO CLASS
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Neuroscience of Disease – Alzheimer’s
special lecture
Emotion & fear
18
Recitation 12/5 & 12/10
Language
20
Summary/conclusions
F 12/20 FINAL EXAM
BIBB 109/ PSYC 109/BIOL 219 – Introduction to Brain and Behavior
Course Director:
Dr. Javier Medina
Phone: 215-898-2164
Email: jmed@psych.upenn.edu
Fall 2013
Office: D6 Solomon Psych Lab Bldg.
Office Hours: Monday 11-1
Lab Coordinator:
Dr. Mike Kaplan
Email: mkap@sas.upenn.edu
Head TA:
Colin Smith
Email: colinsmith414@gmail.com
Teaching Assistants:
David Tischfield
Noam Roth
Khaing Win
Alexander Keinath
Elaine Liu
William Olson
Maria Fasolino
Alice Ford
dtis@mail.med.upenn.edu
noamroth@gmail.com
winkhai@mail.med.upenn.edu
akeinath@sas.upenn.edu
elliu@mail.med.upenn.edu
wio@mail.med.upenn.edu
fasolino@mail.med.upenn.edu
forda@mail.med.upenn.edu
Recitation/Lab
402 (Tu 9-10:30)
403 (Tu 10:30-12)
404 (Tu 1:30-3)
405 (Tu 3-4:30)
406 (Th 9-10:30)
407 (Th 10:30-12)
408 (Th 1:30-3)
409 (Th 3-4:30)
Textbook: Bear, Connors, Paradiso (2006) Neuroscience Exploring the Brain (3rd ed). Books
are available at University Bookstore. ISBN 0-7817-6003-8
Canvas: http://www.library.upenn.edu/courseware/canvas/
This site has been set-up to facilitate student participation and communication with other
students, their teaching assistants and the instructors. Announcements, Powerpoint slides and
links to video recordings of the lectures will be posted on this site.
Recitations/Labs:
Weekly recitations are highly recommended but are not mandatory. Four of these weekly
recitations will comprise a lab, and the labs are mandatory. All recitations/labs will meet in room
A3 Solomon Psych Lab Bldg. Please make sure to attend the recitation section that you signed
up for (see above for recitation numbers and times). You may not attend another recitation
without permission of the Head TA, the Program Coordinator or the Course Director.
Examinations: There will be two non-cumulative examinations and a cumulative final exam.
!
The University recognizes religious holidays. If there are students who have a problem with the
schedule date for an exam, they must take the exam the day before the scheduled examination
date. Please see the Head TA or Dr. Medina during the first week of classes.
!
No makeup exams will be given unless the student presents a bona fide excuse. All acceptable
makeup exams must be scheduled with the Head TA and Dr. Medina.
!
Regrading - It is within your right to request that an exam question be regraded. Any
such request should be given to the Head TA within one week after the exam is returned,
and it will result in the reexamination of the grading of the entire exam. You may write your
exams in pencil, but no exam written in pencil will be regraded.
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The final grade will be based on two exams = 25% each, cumulative final = 40% and lab
quizzes = 10% of final grade.