SURVEY AND INTEGRATION OF NEUROSCIENCE (I): THE FOUNDATION
Neuroscience 5100
Daniel Barth
Fall 2013
Office:
Phone:
Hours:
MUEN E420
492-0359 (2-0359)
F - 12:00-1:00 (or always by appointment)
Seminar: F 10:00-11:40 AM
Room: MUEN E317
Lecture: TR 9:30AM-10:45AM (820)
Room: HUMN 1B80
Lab: 2 Sections - F (821/822) or W (823/824)
Room: MUEN E0022
Required Texts: PRINCIPLES OF NEURAL SCIENCE, E.R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz & T.M. Jessell, Fourth Edition , Elsevier,
2000.
Download LECTURE NOTES from my Web site at http://psych.colorado.edu/~dbarth/
The Lab Manual and Lab Data Worksheet are also available at this Web site.
Make sure to download my ANATOMY QUICKTIME MOVIES from this site as well.
Not Required: This text is not available and therefore not required. If you can find a used copy though, get it.
THE CIBA COLLECTION OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, VOLUME I, NERVOUS SYSTEM, PART I,
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, Frank H. Netter, M.D., CIBA, 1991.
SYLLABUS FOR SEMINAR MEETINGS
Date
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Topic
30
6
13
20
27
4
11
18
25
1
8
15
22
29
6
13
Presentations
Organization (1)
No class
Anatomy Lab
Anatomy Lab
Anatomy Lab
Anatomy Lab
Anatomy Lab
Seminar Lecture
Detailed dissection of the sheep brain
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Practical Exam in Anatomy
Electronics: The basics
Additional reading: Appendix A
Student presentation
Student presentation
NO CLASS (Society for Neuroscience Meeting)
Student presentation
Student presentation
NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Holiday)
Student presentation
Student presentation (only if needed)
SYLLABUS FOR LECTURE MEETINGS
Date
AUG
SEP
27
29
3
5
10
12
17
19
24
Lecture Topic
Reading
Organization (1)
Methods for Studying the Brain (1)
Neuroanatomy (4)
(pp. 98, 366-380, 913-916)
1,17,18,44,43(pp.853-856),49,50
Neurophysiology (5)
2,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15
OCT
NOV
DEC
DEC
26
1
3
8
10
15
17
22
24
29
31
5
7
12
14
19
21
26
28
3
5
10
12
16
Review of Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
EXAM I
Vision (5)
21,26,27,28,29
Audition (3)
30,31
Review of Visual and Auditory Systems
NO CLASS (scientific meeting)
EXAM II
Sensory/Motor (4-5)
22,23,33,36,37,38
NO CLASS (Fall Break)
NO CLASS (Fall Break)
42[if we get to the cerebellum]
Review
FINAL EXAM 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM HUMN 1B80
GRADING
SEMINAR
Laboratory Practical
Presentations
=
=
50 points
50 points
LECTURE
Two Quizzes
Three Exams
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=
60 points
300 points
TOTAL
=
460 points
A- to A
B- to B+
C- to C+
D
=
=
=
=
90 - 100%
80 - 89.9%
70 - 79.9%
60 - 69.9%
COMMENTS
ABOUT THE COURSE
This course is designed to provide an intensive introduction to the principles of neuroscience. It initially covers the detailed
neuroanatomy of human forebrain, hindbrain and spinal cord. This is followed by neurophysiology with an additional concentration
on the electrophysiology of neural systems and neural signaling. The basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology are then applied to
an examination of the structure and function of visual, auditory, and sensorimotor systems in animal and man.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
All students enrolled in NRSC 5100 (5 credit) must simultaneously attend all lectures and take all exams and quizzes for a
section of my tandem course Behavioral Neuroscience (PSYC/NRSC 4052/5052), but not register for this later course. This
combination permits a presentation of the material that is balanced between lecture and seminar formats, without wasting valuable
seminar time reproducing lectures from the tandem course. While students enrolled in NRSC 5100 are not responsible for the entire
laboratory section offered in PSYC/NRSC 4052/5052, the sheep brain dissection is too valuable to miss, so your first several weeks of
seminar presentation will be down in the lab performing hands on dissections followed by a practical exam on this material.
We then return to the seminar format for the balance of the semester. I usually take this opportunity to provide you with more
advanced material that complements the basic PSYC/NRSC 4052/5052 lectures, concentrated particularly on the electrophysiology of
neural systems and neural signaling. Student presentations in this seminar have been a highly successful feature in the past and I take
them quite seriously. With advanced help from me, you will each prepare a typical 30 minute (20 min present, 10 min questions)
presentation on select topics of your choosing that may relate to, but go beyond, the scope of material in this course. Usually (but not
exclusively), the topic will be related to research you are conducting in your home lab. This exercise serves the dual purpose of
teaching you how to perform a concise and clear scientific presentation while at the same time educating the rest of us about who you
are and what you are up to. Further details of the student presentations will be discussed during our initial organizational meeting.
Given the time commitments imposed by the breadth and depth of the subject matter, please take a minimum number of
credit hours during the semester you enroll in this course. Being responsible for all of the material presented in PSYC/NRSC
4052/5052, plus all of the reading, and individual presentations in NRSC 5100, is a lot. But I assure you it is worth the time
commitment, and I hope you find this one of the most challenging, interesting, and useful courses you take as a graduate student in our
program.
PLEASE USE MY OFFICE HOURS AND MORE!
Given the variety of your backgrounds, some of you may have more of a struggle with some parts of the course than others.
While class discussion may help compensate for some of this, a particular problem should be continued into my office hours. If this
time is not convenient then I can always arrange another time by appointment. I consider office hours to be an integral part of teaching
this course and I invite you to do the same.
ENJOY!