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Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF

NS201B - Winter 2009

NS201B - Winter 2009
Basic Concepts in Systems Neuroscience

Course Directors:
Section 1:
Herwig Baier
, email: herwig.baier@ucsf.edu
Section 2:
Michael Brainard
, email: msb@phy.ucsf.edu

First Class: Monday, January 5, 2009, GH-S261, Mission Bay, 9-11am
Class will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays unless noted otherwise in the schedule.
Class will move to Parnassus on January 26, 2009.

Course Materials:.
Materials will be located to the right as they are added.

Class Schedule:

Date
Campus
Time
Room
Topic
Lecturer
January
Section 1
Mon. Jan. 5

MB

9am-11am
GH S261
Genes & Behavior
Ulrike Heberlein
Wed. Jan. 7
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
Circuits & Behavior
Ulrike Heberlein
Fri. Jan. 9
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
TUTORIAL
Mon. Jan. 12
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
Olfactory System 1
Nirao Shah
Tues. Jan. 13
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
Olfactory System 2
Nirao Shah
Wed. Jan. 14
No Class--Class on Jan. 13
Fri. Jan. 16
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
TUTORIAL
Monday, January 19--No Class--MLK Holiday
Tues. Jan. 20
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
Neurodegenerative Disease 1
Paul Muchowski
Wed. Jan. 21
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
Neurodegenerative Disease 2
Paul Muchowski
Fri. Jan. 23
MB
9am-11am
GH S261
Retinotectal System
Herwig Baier
Hand Out Exam
Section 2
Mon. Jan. 26
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Audition 1
Michael Brainard
11am-1pm
S-163
Course Evaluation
Loren Frank
9am
S-163
Exam Due
Hand into Michael Brainard
Wed. Jan. 28
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Audition 2
Michael Brainard
Fri. Jan. 30
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and HSW-701
Paper Discussion
Michael Brainard and Allison Doupe
February
Mon. Feb. 2
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Vision 1
David Copenhagen
Wed. Feb. 4
PH
9am-11am
N-721
Vision 2
Jonathan Horton
Fri. Feb. 6
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and HSW-701
Paper Discussion
David Copenhagen and Michael Stryker
Mon. Feb. 9
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Somatosensation
Allan Basbaum
Wed. Feb. 11
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Pain
Allan Basbaum
Fri. Feb. 13
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and C343A
Paper Discussion
Allan Basbaum and Peter Ohara
Hand Out Exam
Monday, February 16--No Class, Presidents Day Holiday
Tues. Feb. 17
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Theory/Computation 1
Philip Sabes
Exam Due 
Wed. Feb. 18
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Theory/Computation 2
Philip Sabes
Thurs. Feb. 19
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and HSW-701
Paper Discussion
Philip Sabes and Steve Lisberger
Friday, Feb. 20--No Class--Admissions
Mon. Feb. 23
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Motor System 1
Steve Lisberger
Wed. Feb. 25
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Motor System 2
Steve Lisberger
Fri. Feb. 27
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and HSW-701
Paper Discussion
Philip Sabes and Steve Lisberger
March
Mon. Mar. 2
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Amygdala
Patricia Janak
Wed. Mar. 4
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Hippocampus
Loren Frank
Thurs.Mar. 5
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and HSW-701
Paper Discussion
Loren Frank and Patricia Janak
Friday, March 6--No Class--Admissions
Mon. Mar. 9
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Learning/Memory I
Steve Lisberger
Wed. Mar. 11
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Learning/Memory 2
Michael Brainard
Fri. Mar. 13
PH
9am-11am
S-163 and C343A
Paper Discussion
Steve Lisberger and Michael Brainard
Hand Out Exam
Mon. Mar. 16
PH
9am-11am
S-163
Exam Due
Course Evaluation
Hilary Beggs

Courses


Course Materials
(UCSF Access Only)

January

Monday, January 5, 2009
Presentation
Part a
Part b
Part c

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Presentation

Friday, January 9, 2009
Discussion Questions

Monday, January 12, 2009
Presentation

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Presentation

Friday, January 16, 2009
Tutorial Questions

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Presentation
Paper

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Presentation
Paper 1
Paper 2

Friday, January 23, 2009
Presentation

Monday, January 26, 2009
Presentation

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Presentation

Friday, January 30, 2009
Paper 1
Paper 2


February

Monday, February 2, 2009
Presentation

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Presentation

Friday, February 6, 2009
Paper from Horton

Monday, February 9, 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Friday February 13, 2009
Paper 1
Paper 2

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Presentation

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Presentation

Thursday, February 19, 2009
Paper 1
Paper 2

Monday, Februrary 23, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009


March

Monday, March 2, 2009
Presentation

Wedneday, March 4, 2009
Presentation

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Frank-
Paper 1
Paper 2
Janak-
Paper 1
Paper 2

Monday, March 9, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Presentation

Friday, March 13, 2009