Lecture #

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Date

Module 1:  Sensory Systems - Module Director: Nick Swindale

 1.

Introduction (8:30am) - Steve Vincent
Principles of sensation - Nick Swindale
Phototransduction (9:30am) - Orson Moritz

Jan. 4

 2.

Retina - Nick Swindale

Jan. 6

 3.

Visual cortex - Nick Swindale

Jan. 9

 4.

Audition - Navid Shanaz

Jan. 11

 5.

Chemical Senses - Mike Gordon

Jan. 13

 6.

Pain I - Matt Ramer

Jan. 16

 7.

Pain II - Matt Ramer

Jan. 18

 8.

Student presentations - Nick Swindale

Jan. 20

 9.

Review & wrap-up - Nick Swindale

Jan. 23

Module 2:  Motor Systems - Module Director: Doris Doudet

 10.

Neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying motor learning - Lara Boyd

Jan. 25

 11.

Neurogenetics - Matt Farrer

Jan. 27

 12.

Cerebellum - Martin McKeown

Jan. 30

 13.

Techniques to study the motor system -
Thomas Harrison

Feb. 1

 14.

Basal ganglia / Cortex - Doris Doudet
CIHR approval due

Feb. 3

 15.

Spinal Cord: anatomical and computational aspects
Dinesh Pai

Feb. 6

 16.

Neuropathology - Ananta Gurung

Feb. 8

 17.

Student presentations and
Review and wrap-up

Feb. 10

 18.

Midterm Exam, Module 1 and 2

Feb. 13

Module 3:  Learning, Memory -
Module Directors: Jeremy Seamans and Yu Tian Wang

 19.

Model systems and memory - Cathy Rankin

Feb. 15

 20.

LTP, synaptic plasticity and memory I -
Jeremy Seamans

Feb. 17

 21.

LTP, synaptic plasticity and memory II -
Yu Tian Wang - CIHR 1 page summary due

Feb. 27

 22.

Neurobiology of Dementia - Weihong Song

Feb. 29

 23.

Multiple memory systems - Stan Floresco

Mar. 2

 24.

Pharmacological manipulation of memory:
Facts, fiction, and ethics - Peter Reiner

Mar. 5

 25.

Working memory and executive function: the role of the prefrontal cortex - Jeremy Seamans

Mar. 7

 26.

Student Presentations

Mar. 9

 27.

Review

Mar. 12

Module 4:  Disorders of Cognition, Communication and Emotion -
Module Director: Peter Reiner

 28.

Neuroendocrinology & Stress - Victor Viau

Mar. 14

 29.

Neurobiology of Sleep -
Peter Reiner & Jonathan Fleming

Mar. 16

 30.

Neurobiology of Schizophrenia - Bill Honer

Mar. 19

 31.

Autism / Neuroethics - Bailey & Reiner

Mar. 21

 32.

Frontal lobe and executive function -
Adele Diamond

Mar. 23

 33.

Mood Disorders - David Bond

Mar. 26

 34.

Neurobiology of Addiction - Stan Floresco

Mar. 28

 35.

Student Presentations & Review -
Peter Reiner & Bill Honer

Mar. 29

CIHR Grant Assignment due by 8:30 AM, Monday April 2

Final Exam (Modules 3 and 4):
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 8:30-10:30 AM, Room 2N A/B