HCS 6337

 Neuroscience Graduate Seminar, Fall 2003

 Neural Plasticity & Behavior

 Wednesdays, 2 p.m.

 Note:

This page will be updated weekly.

Only the next week's readings are current.

 Date  Topic Reading list
 Sep 3 Engrams, networks, and synapses  A broad spectrum
 Sep 10 Class canceled (illness)  No readings
 Sep 17 "Simple" learning models  Invertebrate learning
 Sep 24 Associative learning I  Conditioned emotional response, etc.
 Oct 1 Associative learning II  Early eyeblink conditioning
 Oct 8 Old-school synaptic plasticity  LTP & LTD
 Oct 15 Newer ideas re. synaptic plasticity  Synaptic 2
 Oct 22 Other mechanisms for plasticity: post-synaptic  Post-synaptic physiology
 Oct 29 Spike-frequency dependent plasticity  Current controversies
 Nov 5  Find research papers: No class meeting  No readings
 Nov 12  SFN Annual Meeting, New Orleans  No class meeting
 Nov 19  Student generated  Student session 1
 Nov 26  Student generated  Student session 2