A breakdown of the readings per topic follows the session wise listing of reading assignments in the table below. Study questions relevant to assigned readings are also included in the table.
Most required and recommended readings are from the following texts:
Rosenzweig, Mark R., Arnold L. Leiman, and S. Marc Breedlove. Biological Psychology. 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2002. ISBN: 0878937099.
Gazzaniga, Michael S., Richard B. Ivry, and George R. Mangun. Cognitive Neuroscience. The Biology of the Mind. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. ISBN: 0393972194.
Nauta, Walle J. H., and Michael Feirtag. Fundamental Neuroanatomy. New York, NY: Freeman, 1986. ISBN: 0716717239.
Wolpert, Lewis. The Triumph of the Embryo. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN: 0198542437.
| LEC # | TOPICS | STUDY QUESTIONS | readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Brain-behavior Studies | (PDF) | Mackay, Donald M. "The Bankruptcy of Determinism." New Scientist 2 (1970): 24-26. |
| 2 | History and Goals, II | (PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapter 1. |
| 3 | History and Goals, III | (PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapter 1. Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Recommended Gazzaniga, chaper 1. |
| 4 | History and Goals, IV | (PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapter 2. Recommended Gazzaniga, chapters 2a and 3a. Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3. |
| 5 | Cellular Mechanisms | (PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapters 2-5. ———, Appendix, pp. A-1 - A-8. Recommended Gazzaniga, chapters 2a, 2b, and 3a. Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3. |
| 6 | Neuronal Conduction and Transmission | (PDF) |
Rosenzweig, chapters 3-4 and 8. |
| 7 | Synapses Neuroanatomical Techniques |
(PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapters 3-4. ———, Appendix, pp. A-1 - A-8. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 1-4. |
| 8 | Introduction to CNS and its Evolution | (PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapter 6. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 1-3. |
| 9 | Evolution (cont.) Reflex and Cerebellar Channels |
(PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapters 2 and 6. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3 and 5-10a. Gazzaniga, chapter 2c. Wolpert, chapter 14. |
| 10 | Brain Subdivisions Channels of Conduction |
Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapters 2 and 8. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3 and 5-10a. Gazzaniga, chapter 2c. |
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| 11 | Transection Effects Neocortex |
(PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF 3) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapters 2, 5, and 8. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3 and 5-10a. |
| 12 | Spinal Cord Autonomic NS |
(PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapter 2. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3 and 5-10a. |
| 13 | Hindbrain and Midbrain | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapter 2. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 2-3 and 5-10a. |
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| 14 | Midbrain and Forebrain |
Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 5-10a. |
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| 15 | Development of CNS, Introduction | (PDF) | Rosenzweig, chapter 7. Recommended Wolpert, chapters 2-3. |
| 16 | Cell migration Axon Growth Stages |
Rosenzweig, chapter 7. Recommended Wolpert, chapters 2-3, 8, and 14-15. |
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| 17 | Influences on Axon Growth | Rosenzweig, chapter 7. Recommended Wolpert, chapter 8 and 15. |
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| 18 | Axonal Sprouting and Regeneration | Rosenzweig, chapter 7. | |
| 19 | Motor System, 1 | (PDF) | Bizzi, E., S. F. Giszter, E. Loeb, F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi, and P. Saltiel. "Modular Organization of Motor Behavior in the Frog's Spinal Cord." Trends in Neuroscience 18, no. 10 (October 1995): 442-446. Rosenzweig, chapter 11a, part 1. Gazzaniga, chapter 10. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapter 7a. |
| 20 | Motor System, 2 | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b and 10. Rosenzweig, chapter 11a and 11b. Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapter 7a. |
| 21 | Motor System, 3 | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b and 10. Rosenzweig, chapter 11b. Klawans, Harold L. "Still Smiling (Wilson's Disease)." Chapter 2 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 19-29. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "The Lizard (Parkinson's Disease)." Chapter 5 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 53-65. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "The Subject at Risk (Huntington's Chorea)." Chapter 15 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 140-150. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "She could have Danced all Night (Huntington's Chorea)." Chapter 16 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 151-157. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "The Girl with Dancing Eyes (Serotonin-induced Myoclonus)." Chapter 18 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 165-173. ISBN: 0060162562. |
| 22 | Motor 4: Rythmic Outputs | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. | |
| 23 | Rhythms of Activity Sleep and Waking |
(PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, "Oscillatory circuits," pp. 80-81 and 346-349. ———, chapter 14. Recommended Dowling, John E. "Control of Rhythmic Motor Behavior." Chapter 10 in Neurons and Networks, An Introduction to Neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992, pp. 217-237. ISBN: 0674608208. |
| 24 | Sleep and Waking (cont.) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapter 14. Recommended Dowling, John E. "Control of Rhythmic Motor Behavior." Chapter 10 in Neurons and Networks, An Introduction to Neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992, pp. 217-237. ISBN: 0674608208. |
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| 25 | Habituation, Novelty Responses | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapter 14. |
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| 26 | Visual System 1: Anatomy, Ablations | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4. Rosenzweig, chapters 8a, 10, and 18, pp. 581-2. |
| 27 | Visual System 2: Physiology (Orig: Ablation Effects) | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapter 10. |
| 28 | Visual System 3: Ablation Studies | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapter 10. |
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| 29 | Visual System 4: Ablations (cont.) (Orig: Electrophysiology) | Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4. | |
| 30 | Visual System Conclusion | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4-5. Rosenzweig, chapter 10. |
| 31 | Auditory System | Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4-5. Rosenzweig, chapter 9. |
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| 32 | Pain and Central Gray Area | Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4-5. Rosenzweig, chapter 9. |
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| 33 | Hypothalamus and Feeding | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4-5. Rosenzweig, chapters 6, 8, 9, 12, and 15. |
| 34 | Drive, Reward Agonistic Behavior |
(PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapters 12-13 and 15. |
| 35 | Higher Functions Human Nature |
(PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapters 12-13 and 15. |
| 36 | Human Nature and Neuroscience | (PDF) | Gazzaniga, chapter 3b. Rosenzweig, chapters 12-13, 15, 17-19, and Afterward. Recommended Gazzaniga, chapters 7-9 and 11 |
| 37 | Conclusion Review |
Rosenzweig, chapters 17-19 and Afterward. Recommended Gazzaniga, chapters 7-9 and 11. Rosenzweig, chapter 16. |
Readings by Topic
Sessions when the readings will be most relevant (and expected of you) are given for each item: ()
| TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Rosenzweig, chapter 1, pp. 1-21. (2,3) Recommended Gazzaniga, chapter 1, pp. 1-21. (3) |
| Neural Units | Rosenzweig, chapter 3, pp. 55-85. (5-7) ———, Appendix, pp. A-1 - A-8. ———, chapter 4, pp. 87-115. (5-7) Recommended Gazzaniga, chapter 2b, pp. 28-44. (5-6) |
| Evolution and Phylogeny Organizational Principles |
Rosenzweig, chapter 8, pp. 213-235. (6, 10-11) ———, chapter 6, pp. 149-175. (7-8) Gazzaniga, chapter 3b, pp. 75-120. (3, 10-13, 20-38) Recommended Gazzaniga, chapter 2c, pp. 44-68. (9-10) |
| Introduction to Neuroanatomy | Rosenzweig, chapter 2, pp. 25-26. (4-5, 9-13) Recommended Gazzaniga, chapter 2, pp. 23-38. (4-5) ———, chapter 3a, pp. 69-74. (4-5) Nauta and Feirtag, chapter 1, pp. 1-11. (7-8) ———, chapter 2, pp. 12-38. (4-6) ———, chapter 3, pp. 39-49. (4-5, 7-13) ———, chapter 4, pp. 50-61. (7) |
| Non-neural Communication | Rosenzweig, chapter 5, pp. 117-146. (5, 11) |
| Neuroanatomy, (cont.): Development | Rosenzweig, chapter 7, pp. 177-210. (15-18) Recommended Wolpert, chapter 2, pp. 11-28. (15-16) ———, chapter 3, pp. 31-58. (15-16) ———, chapter 8, pp. 119-133. (16-17) ———, chapter 14, pp. 183-197. (9,16) ———, chapter 15, pp. 199-203. (16-17) Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 5-10a, pp. 63-143. (9-14) |
| Motor Control 1: Reflexes | Rosenzweig, chapter 11a, pp. 323-338. (19-20) Bizzi, E., S. F. Giszter, E. Loeb, F. A. Mussa-Ivaldi, and P. Saltiel. "Modular Organization of Motor Behavior in the Frog's Spinal Cord." Trends in Neuroscience 18, no. 10 (October 1995): 442-446. (19) Recommended Nauta and Feirtag, chapter 7a, pp. 91-94. (19-20) |
| Motor Control 2: Higher Systems | Rosenzweig, chapter 11b, pp. 338-359. (20-21) Gazzaniga, chapter 10, pp. 371-421. (19-21) Klawans, Harold L. Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 19-29. ISBN: 0060162562. (21) ———. "Still Smiling (Wilson's Disease)." Chapter 2 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 19-29. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "The Lizard (Parkinson's Disease)." Chapter 5 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 53-65. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "The Subject at Risk (Huntington's Chorea)." Chapter 15 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 140-150. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "She could have Danced all Night (Huntington's Chorea)." Chapter 16 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 151-157. ISBN: 0060162562. ———. "The Girl with Dancing Eyes (Serotonin-induced Myoclonus)." Chapter 18 in Newton's Madness, Further Tales of Clinical Neurology. 1st ed. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 165-173. ISBN: 0060162562. |
| Motor Control 3: Rhythms of Central Origin | Rosenzweig, "Oscillatory Circuits....," pp. 80-81 and 346-349. (23) ———, chapter 14, pp. 431-465. (23-25) Recommended Dowling, John E. "Control of Rhythmic Motor Behavior." Chapter 10 in Neurons and Networks, An Introduction to Neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992, pp. 217-237. ISBN: 0674608208. (23-24) |
| Sensory Systems: General | Rosenzweig, chapter 8a, pp. 213-235. (26) |
| Sensory Systems: Vision, Audition, Somatic Sensations, Chemical Senses | Rosenzweig, chapter 10, pp. 281-321. (26-30) ———, chapter 9, pp. 247-269. (31-32) ———, chapter 8, pp. 213-245. (33) ———, chapter 9, pp. 269-279. (33) Gazzaniga, chapter 4, pp. 121-161. (26, 29-33) ———, chapter 5, pp. 163-205. (31-32) |
| Limbic System: Visceral Regulation, Regulation of Motivations and Emotional Behavior | Handout: Two arousal systems (Limbic and Non-limbic) (32-33) Rosenzweig, chapter 12, pp. 363-398 and 139-140. (33-36) ———, chapter 13, pp. 399-432. (34-36) ———, chapter 15, pp. 469-501. (33, 34-36) |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | Rosenzweig, chapter 17, pp. 537-570. (36-38) ———, chapter 18, pp. 571-605. (36-38) ———, chapter 19, pp. 607-642. (36-38) ———, "Afterward: The Ever-changing Brain," pp. 643-651. (36-38) Recommended Gazzaniga, chapters 7, 8, 9, and 11. (36-38) |
| Abnormalities of Higher Control | Rosenzweig, chapter 16, pp. 503-534. (37-38) |
| Review | Rosenzweig, Glossary, G-1 - G-26. (Students should know most of these terms by the end of the semester.) They are also on the CD that comes with your book. |