Nsc8211: Developmental Neurobiology

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Course Schedule

Place: Bruininks 530A

Time: 10:10-11:35AM

 

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class

day / date

lecturer title
1 W
Jan 17
faculty

course introduction

2 F
Jan 19
McLoon

embryology

lecture

3 M
Jan 22
Nakagawa

induction

lecture

4 W
Jan 24
Nakagawa

regionalization

lecture

5 F
Jan 26
Nakagawa

discussion

paper

6 M
Jan 29
Nakagawa

cell division & lineage

lecture

7 W
Jan 31
Nakagawa

cell fate

lecture

8 F
Feb 2
Nakagawa

discussion

paper

9 M
Feb 5
McLoon

neural crest cell migration

lecture

10 W
Feb 7
McLoon

CNS cell migration

lecture

11 F
Feb 9
McLoon

discussion

paper

12 M
Feb 12
Lanier

neurite initiation

lecture

13 W
Feb 14
Lanier

axonal branching

lecture

14 F
Feb 16
Lanier

discussion

paper

15 M
Feb 19
Lanier

axon guidance I

lecture

16 W
Feb 21
Lanier

axon guidance II

same as Feb 19

17 F
Feb 23
Lanier

discussion

paper

18 M
Feb 26
Lanier

growth of dendrites

lecture

19 W
Feb 28
Lanier

synapse formation & receptors

lecture

20 F
Mar 2
Soo Lee (OHSU)

seminar

21 M
Mar 5
Lanier

discussion

paper

22 W
Mar 7
8:30-11:30am

midterm exam

23 F
Mar 9

**no class**

  M-F
Mar 12-16
**spring break**

**no class**

24 M
Mar 19
Lanier

electrical properties

lecture

25 W
Mar 21
McLoon

specificity of connections & termpapers

lecture

26 F
Mar 23
McLoon

discussion

paper

27 M
Mar 26
McLoon

cell death

lecture

28 W
Mar 28
McLoon

trophic factors

lecture

29 F
Mar 30
McLoon

discussion

paper

30 M
Apr 2
Nakagawa

refinement of connections I

lecture

31 W
Apr 4
Nakagawa

refinement of connections II

lecture

32 F
Apr 6
Nakagawa

discussion

paper

33 M
Apr 9
Nakagawa

gliogenesis & glia I

lecture

34 W
Apr 11
Nakagawa

gliogenesis & glia II

lecture

35 F
Apr 13
McLoon

adult neurogenesis

lecture

36 M
Apr 16
Nakagawa

discussion

paper

37 W
Apr 18
Nakagawa

disorders of development

lecture

38 F
Apr 20
McLoon

reaction to injury & regeneration

lecture

39 M
Apr 23
McLoon

discussion & termpapers due

paper

40 W
Apr 25
Nakagawa

behavior I & pass out termpapers

lecture

41 F
Apr 27
Nakagawa

behavior II

lecture

42 M
Apr 30
Nakagawa

discussion

paper

43 W
May 2
small group mtg.

termpaper reviews due

44 F
May 4

**no class**

45 F
May 11
time TBD

final exam

final termpapers due

F
May 18
H. Morishita

seminar