TRINITY COLLEGE

PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSCIENCE: NEUROBIOLOGY (NESC 201)
COURSE SYLLABUS, 2003

Structural Organization of Nervous Systems - Dr. Daniel Blackburn

9/2 Introduction to Neurobiology and Neurons

9/4 Neuron Structure and Function

9/9 Neural Organization and Development

9/11 Organization of the Peripheral Nervous System and Spinal Cord

9/15 *make-up lecture at 7 PM

Organization of the Central Nervous System

Meet our Neuroscience majors over PIZZA 5:30 – 7 00 PM!!

9/16 Diversity Day (class cancelled)

9/18 Brain Morphology and Evolution

9/23 EXAM 1

Neural Function: Wiring and Firing of Neurons - Dr. Joseph Bronzino

9/25 Neuronal membranes & the resting potential

9/30 Action Potentials

note: Class meets 6:00 – 7:15 PM

10/2 Class postponed

10/7 Action Potentials

note: Class meets 6:00 – 7:15 PM

10/9 Rhythms of the brain (EEG and epilepsy)

note: Class meets 6:00 – 7:15 PM

10/14 Rhythms of brain (Sleep & Circadian)

10/16 EXAM 2

Chemical Communication of the Nervous System - Dr. Susan Masino

10/21 Overview - What’s new in Neuroscience

Cellular Communication: Neurochemicals and Synapses

10/22 BEACON Symposium : Neural Engineering

For extra credit, students may attend at least one presentation and write a one page paper that includes a summary of the talk and a reflection on its connection to course material.

10/23 Communication Mechanisms - Storage, Release, and Inactivation of Chemical Signals

10/28 Communication Mechanisms – Synaptic Integration and Modulation

10/30 Communication Mechanisms - Receptors and Post-synaptic Events

11/4 Neurotransmitter systems: Anatomy and Interactions

11/6 Chemical Basis of Behavior

11/11 EXAM 3

Diseases of the Brain - Dr. Hebe Guardiola-Diaz

11/13 Neuropsychopharmacology: ACH - Alzheimer, myasthenia gravis

11/18 Neuropsychopharmacology: NE & DA - ADHD, Parkinsonism

11/20 Neuropsychopharmacology: serotonin - depression

11/25 cont’d

12/2 Schizophrenia: clinical and epidemiology

12/4 Schizophrenia: biological mechanisms

12/12 Final Exam @ 3:00pm