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Neural Systems and Behavior
Neural Systems & Behavior

Course Date: June 11 - August 6, 2005

All lectures held at 9:00am in Loeb 32, unless otherwise noted.
Lecture Schedule

Monday, June 13

Kathy French
University of California, San Diego

Biophysical basics: Resting and action potentials

Tuesday, June 14

Susanna Blackshaw
University of Oxford

Biophysical basics: Synaptic Potentials

Wednesday, June 15

Angela Wenning
Emory University

From heart to brain and back: Neural control of the heartbeat in the leech

Thursday, June 16

Lidia Szczupak
Universidad de Buenos Aires

Serotonergic neuromodulation in the leech: Prozac for Hirudo

Friday, June 17

Bill Kristan
University of California, San Diego

Kathy French
University of California, San Diego

The local bending response: Coding and inhibition


Some effects of conotoxins on leech behavior


Monday, June 20 Kathy French
University of California, San Diego

Antonia Marin-Burgin
Development of simple and complex behaviors in leech embryos

Development of circuits associated with behaviors in the leech

Tuesday, June 21

Lorena Rela


Bill Kristan
University of California, San Diego

Coupling coefficients: Interplay between gap junction conductance and intrinsic properties

Making behavioral decisions with multiplexed neurons

     

Wednesday, June 22

Susanna Blackshaw
University of Oxford

Isolating genes from identified and regenerating nerve cells

Neurons responding to stretch of body wall muscle in leech: properties and connections
 
Thursday, June 23

Richard Wilson
University of Calgary

Respiration in frogs: Coupled oscillators in the brainstem

A leecher's approach to understanding the role of neuropeptides in vertebrate respiration

 

Friday, June 24

Bill Kristan
University of California, San Diego

NS&B: A synthesis of neuroethology and systems neurophysiology
 
Saturday, June 25

Student Reports

 
Monday, June 27 Wolfgang
Universitaet Ulm
Central pattern generation
 
Tuesday, June 28

Jorge Golowasch
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Neuromodulation

Wednesday, June 29

Bruce Johnson
Cornell University

Synaptic Plasticity

Thursday, June 30

Jorge Golowasch
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bruce Johnson
Cornell University

Intrinsic plasticity

Friday, July 1

Larry Trussell
Oregon Health and Science University

Analysis of membrane and synaptic properties with the patch clamp.

Saturday, July 2

Catherine Carr
University of Maryland

Cellular features & models of brainstem temporal coding circuits

 
Monday, July 4

Alex Reyes
New York University

Processing in networks of the auditory cortex and brainstem

Tuesday, July 5 John Ewer
Cornell University
Molting and metamorphosis I

Wednesday, July 6

John Ewer
Cornell University
Molting and metamorphosis II

Thursday, July 7 John Ewer
Cornell University
Molting and metamorphosis III

Friday, July 8 John Ewer
Cornell University
Research Lecture

Saturday, July 9 Student Reports

Monday, July 11 Angie
UCDHSC
Developmental Neurobiology Primer

Tuesday, July 12 Angie
UCDHSC
Development of behaviors requires differentiation of circuits:

Wednesday, July 13

Angie
UCDHSC
Developmental Neurobiology III: Zebrafish Spinal Cord

Thursday, July 14 Alicia Novak


Ricardo Pineda



Marc Yonkers
Evolution of the zebrafish sodium channel gene family

Genetic, molecular, developmental & physiological dissection of sodium currents in vivo

Hormonal modulation of sodium currents in vivo

Friday, July 15

Sarah Botjjer
University of Southern California

Introduction to the Neurobiology of Birdsong

Saturday, July 16 Rich Mooney
Duke University
Auditory coding and perception of birdsong; sensorimotor integration

Monday, July 18 Michale Fee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Neural strategies for vocal production and learning

Tuesday, July 19 Leonard Maler
University of Ottawa
Introduction to the Electrosensory System

Wednesday, July 20

Moe Chacron
University of Oklahoma

Information theory in the ELL

Thursday, July 21

Rudiger Krahe
McGill University

Eric Fortune
Johns Hopkins University

Coding in the Electrosensory System

Friday, July 22 Moe Chacron
University of Oklahoma

Rudiger Krahe
McGill University

Eric Fortune
Johns Hopkins University
Dynamical models of sensory processing: neurons and simplified networks

Behavioral analysis of the electric sense.


Whole cell patch recording in vivo and analysis of intracellular in vivo data.

Saturday, July 23 Student Reports

Monday, July 25 Jim Knierim
Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston
Hippocampus: Cognitive Maps, Spatial Learning, and Episodic Memory

Tuesday, July 26 Mike Mauk
University of Texas-Houston HSC
Computer Simulation of Neurons and Networks

Wednesday, July 27 Jim Knierim
Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston
The Hippocampus and Memory: A Multiregional Analysis

Thursday, July 28 Mark Frye
UCLA
Sensory Control of Flight

Friday, July 29 Michael Dickinson
Caltech
Motor Control of Flight

Saturday, July 30 Michael Reiser
Control theory applications in behavior

Monday, Aug. 1 Michael Dickinson
Caltech
How Flies Fly

Tuesday, Aug. 2 Wulfi Groenenberg
University of Arizona
Background about Sociobiology

Use of Physiology and Neuroanatomy to understand social phenomena

Wednesday, Aug. 3 Leslie Vosshall
The Rockefeller University
Communication and the Chemical Senses - insect and mammlian examples

Use of Genetics to understand chemical communication

Thursday, Aug. 4 Joel Levine
University of Toronto at Mississauga


Wulfi Groenenberg
University of Arizona
Retro look at social behavior

Defining elements of cooperation/sociality: description

Neuroethology of Ants

Friday, Aug. 5 Leslie Vosshall
The Rockefeller University

Joel Levine
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Olfaction in Drosophila


Social Behavior in Drosophila

Saturday, Aug. 6 Student Reports




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