NEU257: Mammalian Neuroanatomy (Winter 2012)
Instructors:
Maryann Martone, Ph. D.; mmartone@ucsd.edu, X20745
Harvey Karten, M. D.; hjkarten@ucsd.edu
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D.; ahuberman@ucsd.edu
TA:
Maya Sapiurka, msapiurka@ucsd.edu
Time: Tuesday/Thursday 2:30 – 3:50
Location: Biomedical Science Bldg, Medical Teaching Laboratory 1
Syllabus: (Word doc)
Number |
Date |
Topic |
Lecturer |
1 |
1/10 |
Intro to Neuroanatomy / Neurodevelopment |
Martone / Huberman |
2 |
1/12 |
Cytology / Techniques |
Martone / Huberman |
3 |
1/17 |
Laboratory |
Martone |
4 |
1/19 |
Laboratory |
Karten |
5 |
1/24 |
Spinl cord |
Martone |
6 |
1/26 |
Cerebellum / Somatosensory system |
Martone / Huberman |
7 |
1/31 |
Brainstem / Crainal Nerves |
Karten |
8 |
2/2 |
Laboratory |
Karten |
9 |
2/7 |
Auditory / vestibularsystem |
Karten |
10 |
2/9 |
MIDTERM |
|
11 |
2/14 |
Thalamus |
Huberman |
12 |
2/16 |
No class - recruitment |
|
13 |
2/21 |
Cortex |
Karten |
14 |
2/23 |
Basal Ganglia / amygdala |
Martone |
15 |
2/28 |
Gustatory system / olfactory system |
Karten |
16 |
3/1 |
Laboratory |
|
17 |
3/6 |
Hypothalamus / Hippocampus |
Sapiurka |
18 |
3/8 |
Visual Pathways |
Karten/Huberman |
19 |
3/13 |
Evolution of cortex |
Karten |
20 |
3/15 |
Laboratory |
|
21 |
3/20 |
Final |
Exams: There will be a final examination in this class. Both the midterm and final will be practical exams. There will be a class project. Details to be provided separately.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
Recommended Texts:
Kandel, E.R., et al. Principles of Neural Science. 4th ed. McGraw Hill (2000)
Nolte, J. The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy, 5th edition, Elsevier (2002)
Squire, L.R. et al. Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd ed, Academic Press (2008)
Swanson, L. W. Brain Architecture: Understanding the Basic Plan, Oxford University Press (2003)
Websites:
Brain Maps: http://www.brainmaps.org
Neuroscience Information Framework: http://neuinfo.org
Comprehensive listing of neuroscience resources
Neurolex: wiki-based lexicon of neuroscience concepts: http://neurolex.org
Allen Brain Atlas: http://brain-map.org/welcome.do
Digital Anatomist (DA) (Interactive Neuro syllabus): http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
Human Brain Tutorial: http://www.uofs.edu/sheep/Human/frames1.html
Cell Centered Database: http://ccdb.ucsd.edu
The Cell: An Image Library: http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/
Brain Info: A primate brain information system. http://braininfo.org
Brain Architecture Management System: http://brancusi.usc.edu/bkms/
Senselab Project, CellProp and NeuronDB: http://senselab.med.yale.edu/
Neuroquiz software:
http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/neuroscience/neuroquiz/index.html
