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SESSION # TOPICS
1 History and goals of brain-behavior studies, 1
2 History and goals, 2
3 History and goals, 3
4 Goals: current theory and methods
5 Primitive cellular mechanisms; expression in neurons
6 Neuronal conduction and transmission
7 Transmission at synapses (concluded)
Neuroanatomical techniques
8 Intro to “CNS”and its evolution
S-R theory vs role of endogenous activity
9 Notes on evolution
Primitive mammalian brain outline
Reflex and cerebellar channels
10 Subdivisions of embryonic brain
Channels of conduction: lemniscal channels
Transection effects and diaschisis concept
11 Transections, functions, species differences
Neocortex, neo-lemniscus, and corticospinal pathways
12 Spinal cord anatomy
Autonomic N.S.
Otto Loewi’s discovery
13 Hindbrain and midbrain pictures
14 Midbrain and forebrain pictures
15 Neuroanatomy review
Intro to development
16 Migration – types
Axon growth stages introduced
17 Axon growth: developmental factors
18 Developmental factors
Collateral sprouting and true regeneration
19 Motor 1: spinal cord organization, withdrawal reflex
20 Motor 2: stretch reflexes; spinal plasticity
21 Motor 3: descending pathways
Lawrence and Kuypers experiments (film)
MIDTERM EXAM
22 Rhythmic output and timing in motor control
23 Continued: model of breathing mechanism
Activity and sleep rhythms
24 Sleep and waking
Video showing Wm Dement, narcoleptics, etc.
25 Habituation and novelty responses
26 Visual system 1: neuroanatomy; ablation effects
27 Visual system 2: Ablation effects
28 Visual system 3: Ablations, concluded
Physiology of retina
29 Visual system 4: Retina, LGB, and further (ref. to readings)
30 Visual system, concluded
Auditory system
31 Audition concluded
32 Pain and the midbrain central gray area
33 Hypothalamus and feeding
34 Drive vs. reward
Agonistic behavior and neuroethology
35 New theory: animats; affective synthetic characters and action selection
36 Higher functions: human nature and neuroscience
37 Human nature and neuroscience, conclusion
38 Review. Question-and-answer sessions
FINAL EXAM