WINTER 2005 (go here for current/latest version)

Professor:

Marty Sereno -- sereno - AT - cogsci

class: MWF 11:00-11:50 PM, Solis 104

grad-only lectures: Fri 12-1 PM, CSB 272 (note back to orig!), and during ugrad tests

office hours: M 12:00-2:00 PM, CSB 171, by email appt

Assistants:

TA: Flavia Filimon -- ee mail: ffilimon - AT - cogsci -- section notes

TA: Adam Tierney -- ee mail: atierney - AT - cogsci --

Undergraduate Sections for 107B: 518084

(A01,02) Mon 12:00-12:50 (Center 205), 1:00-1:50 (Center 218)

(A03,04) Wed 9:00-9:50 (Center 205), 10:00-10:50 (Center 218)

Readings & Tests--Undergraduate: (test keys)

Required: Squire et al., 2003 Fundamental Neuroscience

Recommended: Full attendence (lecture material emphasized on tests)

2 midterms, final -- short-answer (worst midterm:15%, best midterm:45%, final:40%)

Readings & Tests--Graduate:

Required: two-volume xeroxed reader of original articles

3 short-answer homeworks, 4-7 page final paper (topic from assigned list)

Graduate readings

Graduate homework: quiz1, quiz2, quiz3

Lecture Topics: (Winter 2005 -- this page: http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/107B)

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1/03 -- Neurons -- membrane potential, action potential (Chap 6)

1/05 -- Neurons -- post-synaptic, dendritic propagation (Chap 5)

1/07 -- Neurons -- NMDA channels and learning (Chap 50, lecture-only)

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1/10 -- Networks -- backpropagation learning (lecture-only)

1/12 -- Networks -- attractor networks (lecture-only)

1/14 -- Networks -- Hebbian feedfoward learning (lecture-only)

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1/17 -- [HOLIDAY]

1/19 -- Development -- neural tube, cortical areas (Chap 14, 18)

1/21 -- Visual System -- exam review, intro to sensory systems

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1/24 -- 1ST EXAM ==> postponed to Fri, 1/28

1/26 -- Visual System -- retina, dLGN (Chap 23)

1/28 -- Visual System -- edges, visual maps (Chap 27, lecture-only)

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1/31 -- Visual System -- visual processing streams (Chap 27, lecture-only)

2/02 -- Visual System -- visual motion (Chap 27, lecture-only)

2/04 -- Visual System -- attention, objects (Chap 47, 49)

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2/07 -- Somatosensory System -- receptors, brainstem (Chap 23)

2/09 -- Somatosensory System -- somatosensory cortex (Chap 25)

2/11 -- Auditory/Vestibular System -- transduction (Chap 23)

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2/14 -- Auditory System -- sound localization (Chap 26, lecture-only)

2/16 -- Auditory System -- echolocation, speech sounds (Chap 26, lecture-only)

2/18 -- Motor System -- gaze stabilization (Chap 33)

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2/21 -- [HOLIDAY]

2/23 -- 2ND EXAM ==> postponed to Mon, 2/28

2/25 -- Motor System -- coordinate transformations (Chap 33, 48, lecture-only)

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2/28 -- Motor System -- striatum, cerebellum (Chap 31, 32)

3/02 -- Motor System -- pattern generators, motor cortex (Chap 29, 30)

3/04 -- Limbic System -- anatomy (Chap 34, lecture-only)

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3/07 -- Limbic System -- egocentric place, direction (Chap 51, lecture-only)

3/09 -- Human Brain Imaging -- structural/functional MRI (lecture-only)

3/11 -- Human Brain Imaging -- EEG/MEG (lecture-only)

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3/17 -- FINAL EXAM (Thurs) 11:30-2:30 PM