Syllabus for Introductory Neuroscience, Fall 2003
Readings in the FIRST EDITION of the Purves required text

Syllabus adapted from the course's original by Jonathan Landsman

Usage note:  This syllabus is designed to help people using the older, free, first edition of Purves find the right pages to read for each class's assignment.  To make this, I have scanned through the chapters and tables of contents of each text to find the corresponding sections, and to try to make sure not too much new material is added in the 2nd ed.  I feel pretty confident about these results.  How confident?  Confident enough that I will not buy the new text, and will use the first edition scheme on this syllabus.  If you aren't determined to be on the cutting edge of Neuroscience and you don't mind running the risk of bad luck on a few multiple choice questions, you probably can too, and save 85 bucks doing it.  When I feel less certain that the first edition is sufficient, I say "or use 2nd."

NOTE:  WSB will not accept returns after Friday, Sep 12, so if you bought a 2nd edition, return it now!  Also, remember Schow has two copies of the new edition on reserve, one of which, in fact, I used to make this syllabus.


Date	Lecture Subject	Instructor	Reading (text)

9/4	Introduction to the course and material	Williams & Zimmerberg

9/9	Neuroanatomy I	Zimmerberg	NOT DONE
	Building the brain 		p 378 & ?


9/11	Neuroanatomy II	Zimmerberg	ch 25
	Cortical Connections

9/16	Neurophysiology I:  	Williams	ch. 2
	The resting potential and its ionic basis	

9/18	Neurophysiology II:	Williams	ch. 3	
	The action potential

9/23	Neurophysiology III:	Williams	ch. 4	
	Channels

9/25	Neurophysiology IV:	Williams	ch. 17 or 2nd 19
	Signaling with action potentials

9/30	Hour exam I

10/2	Neurochemistry I	Zimmerberg	ch. 5,6	 
	Synthesis and Release of Neurotransmitters		 

10/7	Neurochemistry II	Zimmerberg	ch. 7 
	Receptor Activation

10/9	Neurochemistry III	Zimmerberg	ch. 8 MUST use 2nd	 
	Inactivation and Neuromodulators

10/16	Sensory systems I:  Chemosensation	Zimmerberg	ch. 14

10/21	Sensory systems II: Audition	Williams 	ch. 12

10/23	Motor systems: Reflexes and Regulation	Williams 	ch. 15

10/28	Hour Exam II

10/30	Sensorimotor Integration I:  Pain	Zimmerberg	p.147-148
			ch. 9
	 
11/4	Sensorimotor Integration II: Bird Song	Williams	ch. 16 or use 2nd

11/6	Development and Plasticity I	Williams	ch. 11, p. 203-218,
	Critical Periods and Vision	MISSED recoding other readings here; 
		will go back to finish later
		
11/11	Development and Plasticity II	Zimmerberg	ch. 27 maybe use 2nd	
	Stress across the Lifespan

11/13	Development and Plasticity III	Zottoli	ch. 25, p. 556-61
	Plasticity in Adults: Regeneration		MUST use 2nd
	 
11/18	Development and Plasticity IV	Hutson	ch. 21

11/20	Learning and Memory	Zimmerberg	ch. 23 or use 2nd

11/25	Alzheimer’s Disease	Solomon 	ch. 29

12/2	Hormones and Behavior	Sandstrom 	ch. 28

12/4	Concluding words:  Consciousness	Williams, Zimmerberg