BIBB 109/PSYC 109/BIOL 219 Syllabus Fall 2013

BIBB 109/PSYC 109/BIOL 219 Syllabus – Fall 2013

Week Topic Chapter Lab/Recitation

1 W 8/28 NO CLASS F 8/30 Intro 1 2 M 9/2 LABOR DAY W 9/4 Cell biology/membrane potential 2,3 Recitation 9/5 & 9/10 F 9/6 Signal transmission/action potential 4 3 M 9/9 Signal transmission/v-gated channels 4 W 9/11 Synaptic transmission/chemical vs electrical 5 Lab 9/12 & 9/17 F 9/13 Synaptic transmission/ionotropic channels 6 4 M 9/16 Neuronal logic/spatiotemporal integration 5 W 9/18 Neuroscience of Disease – Epilepsy video lecture Recitation 9/19 & 9/24 F 9/20 Synaptic transmission/metabotropic receptors 6 5 M 9/23 NMDA-r/synaptic plasticity 23 Exam Review 9/23 W 9/25 EXAM 1 F 9/27 Taste 8 Lab 9/26 & 10/1 6 M 9/30 Olfaction 8 W 10/2 Audition/signal transduction 11 Recitation 10/3 & 10/8 F 10/4 Audition/stimulus encoding 11 Drop Period Ends 7 M 10/7 Touch 12 W 10/9 Neuroscience of Disease – Pain video lecture F 10/11 FALL BREAK No Recitation 8 M 10/14 NO CLASS W 10/16 Vision/signal transduction 9 Recitation 10/17 & 10/22 F 10/18 Vision/retinal processing 9 9 M 10/21 Vision/parallel processing 10 W 10/23 Vision/striate cortex 10 Recitation 10/24 & 10/29 F 10/25 Movement/neuromuscular junction 13 10 M 10/28 Movement/spinal control 13 W 10/30 Movement/CNS control 14 Exam Review 10/30 F 11/1 EXAM 2 11 M 11/4 Hypothalamus/ Feeding behavior 15, 16 Lab 11/5 & 11/7 W 11/6 Sleep [Flanagan-Cato] 19 F 11/8 Circadian rythms [Flanagan-Cato] 19 Withdraw Period Ends 12 M 11/11 NO CLASS [Neuroscience meeting] No Recitation W 11/13 NO CLASS [Neuroscience meeting] F 11/15 Sexual differentiation/anatomy [Flanagan-Cato] 17 Recitation 11/14 & 11/19 13 M 11/18 Sexual differentiation/behavior [Flanagan-Cato] 17 W 11/20 Learning & memory/approaches 24 F 11/22 Learning & memory/sensitization 25 14 M 11/25 Learning & memory/synaptic plasticity 25 Lab 11/26 & 12/3 W 11/27 NO CLASS F 11/29 THANKSGIVING BREAK 14 M 12/2 Neuroscience of Disease – Alzheimer’s special lecture W 12/4 Emotion & fear 18 Recitation 12/5 & 12/10 F 12/6 Language 20 15 M 12/9 Summary/conclusions F 12/20 FINAL EXAM BIBB 109/ PSYC 109/BIOL 219 – Introduction to Brain and Behavior Fall 2013

Course Director: Dr. Javier Medina Office: D6 Solomon Psych Lab Bldg. Phone: 215-898-2164 Office Hours: Monday 11-1 Email: [email protected]

Lab Coordinator: Dr. Mike Kaplan Email: [email protected]

Head TA: Colin Smith Email: [email protected]

Teaching Assistants: Recitation/Lab David Tischfield [email protected] 402 (Tu 9-10:30) Noam Roth [email protected] 403 (Tu 10:30-12) Khaing Win [email protected] 404 (Tu 1:30-3) Alexander Keinath [email protected] 405 (Tu 3-4:30) Elaine Liu [email protected] 406 (Th 9-10:30) William Olson [email protected] 407 (Th 10:30-12) Maria Fasolino [email protected] 408 (Th 1:30-3) Alice Ford [email protected] 409 (Th 3-4:30)

Textbook: Bear, Connors, Paradiso (2006) Neuroscience Exploring the Brain (3rd ed). Books are available at University Bookstore. ISBN 0-7817-6003-8

Canvas: http://www.library.upenn.edu/courseware/canvas/ This site has been set-up to facilitate student participation and communication with other students, their teaching assistants and the instructors. Announcements, Powerpoint slides and links to video recordings of the lectures will be posted on this site.

Recitations/Labs: Weekly recitations are highly recommended but are not mandatory. Four of these weekly recitations will comprise a lab, and the labs are mandatory. All recitations/labs will meet in room A3 Solomon Psych Lab Bldg. Please make sure to attend the recitation section that you signed up for (see above for recitation numbers and times). You may not attend another recitation without permission of the Head TA, the Program Coordinator or the Course Director.

Examinations: There will be two non-cumulative examinations and a cumulative final exam.

! The University recognizes religious holidays. If there are students who have a problem with the schedule date for an exam, they must take the exam the day before the scheduled examination date. Please see the Head TA or Dr. Medina during the first week of classes.

! No makeup exams will be given unless the student presents a bona fide excuse. All acceptable makeup exams must be scheduled with the Head TA and Dr. Medina.

! Regrading - It is within your right to request that an exam question be regraded. Any such request should be given to the Head TA within one week after the exam is returned, and it will result in the reexamination of the grading of the entire exam. You may write your exams in pencil, but no exam written in pencil will be regraded.

! The final grade will be based on two exams = 25% each, cumulative final = 40% and lab quizzes = 10% of final grade.