Brain & Behavior Office: Fletcher 221

Fall 1996 Office hrs: TTh 1011

Alan Jones

Textbook: Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Bear, Connors & Paradiso, Williams & Wilkins, 1996.

Week of

Sept. 9 Video (1) Introduction to the Nervous System, BCP, Chap. 1

Sept. 16 Cellular Machinery of the Brain (Neurons), BCP, Chap. 2

Sept. 23 Cellular Machinery of the Brain (Electrophysiology), BCP

Chap. 3

Sept. 30 Cellular Machinery of the Brain (Electrophysiology), BCP,

Chap. 4

oct. 7 Chemical Information Transfer and Drugs, BCP, Chap. 5 & 6

Oct. 14 Video (2) Sensing and Moving, BCP, Chap. 9

Oct. 21 WEDNESDAY Review FRIDAY Midterm

Oct. 28 Homeostasis

Nov. 4 Video (3) Rhythms, BCP, Chap. 17

Nov. 11 Emotions, BCP, Chap. 16

Nov. 18 Learning & Memory, BCP, Chap. 19

Nov. 25 Video (6) Learning and Memory, BCP, Chap. 20

Dec. 2 POSTERS

Dec. 9 The Malfuncting Mind, Handouts

Dec. 16 FINAL EXAM

1st Exam 25 points

2nd Exam Optional (If you do poorly on the first exam, I will average the score of the first two exams)

FINAL 35 points

POSTER/PAPER 40 points

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