Cognitive Science 201A
Neurophysiology and Neuroanatomy
FALL 2000 (go
here
for current/latest version)
- Professor:
- Marty Sereno -- sereno@cogsci,
office hours: Mon 12:30-2:30 PM, CSB 171
- Readings and Assignments:
- xeroxed reader (references)
- 3 short-answer take homeworks
(homework1,
homework2,
homework3,)
- 4-7 page final paper (topic chosen from assigned list)
- Lecture Topics: (Fall 2000 -- this page:
http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/201A/syll.html)
- 9/25 -- Neurons, Synapses and Local Circuits
- membrane potentials, synapses, cable model of dendrite
- cortical cell types, local circuits, numerology
- 10/2 -- Abstract and Realistic Models of Neural Networks
- backprop, attractor networks, feedforward Hebbian models
- integrate-and-fire, Hodgkin-Huxley, compartmental models
- 10/9 -- Neural Development
- organization of the neural tube, migration, specification, regeneration
- begin visual system: retina, LGN
- 10/16 -- Visual System
- anatomy: V1, extrastriate cortical areas
- high level physiol: contours, segmentation, motion, imagery, attention
- 10/23 -- Somatosensory System
- receptors, spinal cord, pattern generators
- brainstem, thalamus, cortex, plasticity
- 10/30 -- Auditory System
- receptors, brainstem, sound localization
- cortical areas, echolocation, speech perception
- 11/6 -- [no class: rescheduled around Neurosciences meeting to 12/4]
- 11/13 -- Motor System
- anatomy: descending paths, cerebellum, striatum, motor cortex
- eye, hand, and articulatory movements: taxonomy, anatomy, physiology
- 11/20 -- Limbic System
- anatomy: basic limbic circuits, hippocampus, amygdala
- physiology: place cells, head-direction cells, cross-modal connections
- 11/27 -- Human Neuropsychology
- techniques: MRI, fMRI, EEG, MEG, PET
- visual areas, object recognition, language, memory, emotion
- 12/4 (1st day finals week) -- Evolution of Language
- songbirds, ape language
- hominid evolution, human cortical areas, theory