Nsci4100: Development of the Nervous System


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Course Schedule

Place: MoosT 2-620

Time: 10:10-11:00AM

 

class

day / date

lecturer title
reading
1 W
Sept 5
McLoon

course introduction

lecture

2 F
Sept 7
McLoon

neuro 101 I

lecture

3 M
Sept 10
McLoon

neuro 101 II

lecture

4 W
Sept 12
McLoon

embryology I

lecture

Purves pgs 491-98 (474-485)
5 F
Sept 14
McLoon

embryology II

lecture

"
6 M
Sept 17
McLoon

induction

lecture

Sanes ch 1
7 W
Sept 19
Nakagawa

regionalization I

lecture

Sanes ch 2
8 F
Sept 21
Nakagawa

regionalization II

lecture

"
9 M
Sept 24
McLoon

cell division I

lecture

Sanes ch 3
10 W
Sept 26
McLoon

cell division II

lecture

"
11 F
Sept 28

 

12 M
Oct 1
McLoon

cell fate I

lecture

Sanes ch 4
13 W
Oct 3
McLoon

cell fate II

lecture

"
14 F
Oct 5

paper discussion I

paper    report form

paper 1
15 M
Oct 8
Lanier

current research

lecture

16 W
Oct 10
Nakagawa

current research

lecture

17 F
Oct 12
McLoon

review

lecture

18 M
Oct 15
9:30am

midterm exam I

sample exam exam results

start as early as 9:30am
19 W
Oct 17
McLoon

cell migration I

lecture

Purves pgs 511-16 (499-505)
20 F
Oct 19
McLoon

cell migration II

lecture

21 M
Oct 22
Letourneau

cell movement

lecture

Sanes ch 5
22 W
Oct 24
Letourneau

neurite initiation

lecture

"
23 F
Oct 26
Letourneau

axon guidance I

lecture

"
24 M
Oct 29
Letourneau

axon guidance II

lecture (same notes as lecture 23)

"
25 W
Oct 31
McLoon

target selection I

lecture

Sanes ch 6
26 F
Nov 2
McLoon

target selection II

lecture

"
27 M
Nov 5
McLoon

synaptogenesis

lecture

Sanes ch 8
28 W
Nov 7

paper discussion II

paper    report form

paper 2
29 F
Nov 9
Chen

current research

lecture

30 M
Nov 12
9:30am

midterm exam II

sample exam exam results

start as early as 9:30am
31 W
Nov 14
McLoon

synaptogenesis

lecture

Sanes ch 8
32 F
Nov 16
McLoon

cell death & trophic factors I

lecture

Sanes ch 7
33 M
Nov 19
McLoon

cell death & trophic factors II

lecture

"
34 W
Nov 21
McLoon

refinement of connections I

lecture

Sanes ch 9
  F
Nov 23

Thanksgiving Holiday

35 M
Nov 26
McLoon

refinement of connections II

lecture

"
36 W
Nov 28
Nakagawa

development of behavior

lecture

Sanes ch 10
37 F
Nov 30
McLoon

disorders of development

lecture

38 M
Dec 3
McLoon

adult neurogenesis

lecture

Purves ch 25
39 W
Dec 5
Georgieff

current research

lecture

40 F
Dec 7

paper discussion III

paper   report form

paper 3
41 M
Dec 10
McLoon

reaction to injury & regeneration

lecture

Purves ch 25
42 W
Dec 12
McLoon

cell replacement & stem cells

lecture

Purves pgs 493-04 & 500-02
43 Th
Dec 20
1:30pm

final exam

sample exam exam results