Behavioral Neuroscience

Dr. Cliff H. Summers
Churchill-Haines 178A

Date	Topic	Reading
	Acronyms and Abbreviations	text: Principles of Neural Science by Kandel, Schwartz and Jessel
Anderson-Summers collaboration research survey

E S C A P E B E H A V I O R
Jan 18	C-Start Reflexes in Fish	examples
Jan 23	Afferent-Sensory Input	circuitry
Jan 30	Glutamate: Excitatory Transmission
Feb 1	Dopamine
Feb 4	Mauthner Cell	circuitry
Feb 6	Mauthner - Efferent Output	circuitry
Feb 8	Acetylcholine (ACh)
Feb 11	Neuromuscular Function
Feb 13	Integration of Circuitry and Behavior	circuitry

T A I L / G I L L / S I P H O N R E F L E X E S I N T H E S E A H A R E, Aplysia
Feb 20	Defensive Behaviors in Aplysia	examples
22	Sensory Stimulation of Siphon Withdrawal	circuit diagrams
22	Motor output driving Siphon Withdrawal	circuit diagrams
25	Gating
29	Serotonin (5-HT): Neuromodulation
Mar 3 - 14	Classical Conditioning and Long-Term Memory	circuit diagrams

F E A R C O N D I T I O N I N G
March 14-	Fear and Fear Behaviors	examples
Mar 31	Afferent Pathways (CS) for Fear Association Learning	circuitry
Apr 2-7	Amygdala	Amygdalar circuitry
Apr 7-14	Fear Conditioning	circuitry
Apr 16-18	Afferent Shock (US) Pathway	afferent shock circuitry
Apr 21	New non-shock Model	circuitry
Apr 23	Motor Output	circuitry

Useful Lectures from Previous Behavioral Neuroscience Classes ß

E Y E B L I N K C O N D I T I O N I N G I N TURTLES
February 14	Eye Blink Behavior in Chrysemys	examples
February 16	Afferent Path in Turtles	circuitry
Feb 21-23	Turtle Eyeblink Efferent Motor Output	circuitry
February 26	Acetylcholine (ACh)
Feb 26-28	Neuromuscular Function
Feb 28- Mar 19	In vitro Classical Conditioning of Eyeblink Reflex in Turtles

January 18	L O R D O S I S		examples
14	BEHAVIOR




17 January	Martin Luther King Day
19		Reflexes
21	AFFERENT CIRCUITRY		circuit diagrams




24		Sensory Reception - Tactile Receptors	pictures
26		Spinal Synapses	spinal cord diagrams
28		VIP	335-336
31		Substance P	all peptides: 321-352




Feb 2	Ascending Fibers to Reticulospinal and Vestibulospinal Synapses
21 February	Presidents' Day
Feb 27-Mar 3	HYPOTHALAMIC GATING




Mar 3, 13		Estrogens
7 - 11 March	Spring Break
Mar 13, 15		Serotonin (5-HT)	CBR 271-304
Mar 15, 17, 20		GnRH




Mar 20	EFFERENT CIRCUITRY
Mar 20		Motor Cascade along Efferent Circuitry
Mar 20, 22		Acetyl Choline (ACh)	CBR 151-177
Mar 24, 27		Neuromuscular function	CBR 151-177
Mar 27	INTEGRATION

	B I O L O G I C A L R H Y T H M S
Mar 29 31 Apr 3 5	Behavior of Rhythmicity
Apr 5, 10	Sensory input for Rhythmicity
10, 12, 19		Glutamate	132-148
Apr 14, 17	Good Friday	Monday after Easter
Apr 19, 21	Afferent Path & SCN
21, 24		g-aminobutryic Acid = GABA	105-127
24, 26, 28	C I R C A D I A N R H Y T H M S
May 1, 3	Efferent paths from the SCN
May 5	RHYTHM INTEGRATION

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