WINTER 2006 (go here for current/latest version)

Professor:

Marty Sereno -- sereno - AT - cogsci

class: MWF 9:00-9:50 PM, Center 105

grad-only lectures: Fri 10:00-10:50 PM, CSB 272, 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 (one will be canceled)

(A01,02) Mon 12:00-12:50 (Center 201), 1:00-1:50 (Center 201)

(A03) Wed 12:00-12:50 (York 3000A)

(A04,05) Fri 1:00-1:50 (Center 201), 2:00-2:50 (Center 203)

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

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

Graduate readings

Graduate homework: quiz1, quiz2+shortpap

Lecture Topics: (Winter 2006 -- this page: http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/107B) (pdf)

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1/09 -- Neurons -- membrane potential, action potential (Chap 6)

1/11 -- Neurons -- post-synaptic pot., dendritic propagation (Chap 5)

1/13 -- Neurons -- NMDA channels and learning (Chap 50, lecture-only)

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1/16 -- [HOLIDAY]

1/18 -- Networks -- supervised learning (lecture-only)

1/20 -- Networks -- attractor networks (lecture-only)

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1/23 -- Networks -- Hebbian feedfoward learning (lecture-only)

1/25 -- Development -- neural tube, cortical areas (Chap 14, 18)

1/27 -- Visual System -- exam review, intro to sensory systems

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1/30 -- 1ST EXAM => postponed until Mon, 2/06

2/01 -- Visual System -- retina, dLGN (Chap 23)

2/03 -- Visual System -- edges, visual maps (Chap 27, lecture-only)

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2/06 -- Visual System -- visual processing streams (Chap 27, lecture-only)

2/08 -- Visual System -- visual motion (Chap 27, lecture-only)

2/10 -- Visual System -- attention, objects (Chap 47, 49)

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2/13 -- Somatosensory System -- receptors, brainstem (Chap 23)

2/15 -- Somatosensory System -- somatosensory cortex (Chap 25)

2/17 -- Auditory/Vestibular System -- transduction (Chap 23)

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2/20 -- [HOLIDAY]

2/22 -- Auditory System -- sound localization (Chap 26, lecture-only)

2/24 -- Auditory System -- echolocation, speech sounds (Chap 26, lecture-only)

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2/27 -- Motor System -- gaze stabilization (Chap 33)

3/01 -- 2ND EXAM => postponed until Mon, 3/06

3/03 -- Motor System -- coordinate transformations (Chap 33, 48, lecture-only)

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3/06 -- Motor System -- striatum, cerebellum (Chap 31, 32)

3/08 -- Motor System -- pattern generators, motor cortex (Chap 29, 30)

3/10 -- Limbic System -- connectional anatomy (Chap 34, lecture-only)

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3/13 -- Limbic System -- egocentric place, direction (Chap 51, lecture-only)

3/15 -- Human Brain Imaging -- structural/functional MRI (lecture-only)

3/17 -- Human Brain Imaging -- EEG/MEG (lecture-only)

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3/22 -- FINAL EXAM (about 1/2 new, 1/2 cumulative) (Wed) 8:00-11:00 AM