Readings

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.

———, Appendix, pp. A-1 - A-8.

Recommended

Nauta and Feirtag, chapter 2.

Gazzaniga, chapter 2b.

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.
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.
14 Midbrain and Forebrain   Recommended

Nauta and Feirtag, chapters 5-10a.
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.
17 Influences on Axon Growth   Rosenzweig, chapter 7.

Recommended

Wolpert, chapter 8 and 15.
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.
25 Habituation, Novelty Responses   Gazzaniga, chapter 3b.

Rosenzweig, chapter 14.
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.
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.
32 Pain and Central Gray Area   Gazzaniga, chapters 3b and 4-5.

Rosenzweig, chapter 9.
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.