Psych 241 – Neuroscience 1
Neuroscience examines all aspects of the nervous system. Neuroscientists work at scales ranging from individual proteins through synapses, cells, circuits, systems, selves, and social groups. Neuroscience I will introduce you to these levels of analysis, with an emphasis on systems, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience. If you go on to take Neuroscience II you will study in detail molecular and cellular neuroscience. Material from physiology, anatomy, and psychology will be integrated in the readings and in class discussion. Some knowledge of psychology and biology is assumed.
Neuroscience 1, Fall 2019
Neuro 1 Paper (as yours should look) – Fall 2019
Neuro 1 Paper (“published” version) – Fall 2019
Interpreting my comments on your paper
Opening Act – Chris Bliss
Split Brains (1: Gazzaniga & Alda 2: Ramachandran) 
Levels of Analysis (Helmstetter)
*****West, Pierce, & Thomas, 1962 (see also)
Resting Potential Review Questions
Resting Potential Movie (from whfreeman.com)
Action Potential Movie (from whfreeman.com)
Resting Potential (Handwritten Tutorials)
Action Potential (Handwritten Tutorials)
Post-Synaptic Potentials
Summation
Divisions of the Nervous System (Handwritten Tutorial)
Overview of Brain Anatomy (Handwritten Tutorials)
Huntington’s Disease (Nancy Wexler in Venezuela)
Franklin Award – Wexler Wexler, 2017
Optogenetics: Nature MIT Xu Liu & Steve Ramirez Boyden
Greg Petsko – TED talk – Lab Page – XKCD
Optogentics: Explained; Blind No Longer
Visualizing firing neurons (Zebrafish 1) (Zebrafish 2)
Neuroscience Methods (Chudler)
Spectrum (from byjus.com/physics/visible-light/)
Dennett on the Cartesian Theatre
Beau Lotto – Optical Illusions (YouTube version) 
Hubel & Wiesel – Simple Cell Discovery
Overview of Hubel & Wiesel work
Cat Visual Cortex (young Colin Blakemore)
Jennifer Aniston Cells (Quiroga et al., 2005)
Jennifer Aniston Cells (spoof)
Color Vision (Young-Helmholtz v. Hering)
Sacks’ “Island of the Colour Blind”
Oliver Sacks on Prosopagnoisia
Dennett on the Binding Problem
Daniel Wolpert on Movement [amusing cat follow-up]
Libet and Free Will (animated)
Pfaus & Pinel <=== Read this before Monday March 28!
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Sapolsky on Sexual Orientation and Gender
Dr. LeVay in no way claims to have discovered the — or even a — cause of male sexual preference, but merely suggests he has detected something worth further investigation. He does say, however, that some of his gay friends and colleagues were pleased with the discovery. “They would say half humorously that they were sorry to hear about having something smaller in their brain than what’s found in heterosexual men,” said Dr. LeVay, “but most have reacted quite positively to the idea.” NYTimes, September 1, 1991
Breedlove on Sexual Orientation
Breedlove – OtoAcoustic Emissions
Breedlove Lecture – Prenatal Influences on Sexual Orientation (older)
– More recent – TED talk
Pfaus Lecture about Sex and Bonding
Hunger:
Optogenetic Stimulation of LH -> Feeding
Diet Soda and Obesity (CBS News)
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LeDoux on the Amygdala (big think)
Amygdaloids “Fearing” [“Mind over Matter”]
Amygdala lesions and fear – video from the lab of Jeansok Kim.
Pre-Lesion
Robot’s View
Post-Lesion
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome (informative, amusing, and mostly correct overview)
Kandel on Systems Issues of Memory
Kandel on Synaptic Changes in Memory
May-Britt Moser – click for Nobel Lecture
David Glanzman – Aplysia & Learning
Thompson on the Cerebellum and Learning
Albion Students with Thompson & Shors
Interpositus & Learning – figure
Shors Article for Class Discussion
Water Maze https://youtu.be/LrCzSIbvSN4
NMDA Receptors:
Andres Lozano: Adjusting the Circuits
Diamond – Enriched Environment
Jill Bolte Taylor – Stroke of Insight
Note: Material below this is from earlier semesters. It might still be useful. New material will be added above this.=======
wjwilson | 
August 19, 2010 12:57 pm
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