Behavioral Neuroscience

Dr. Cliff H. Summers
Churchill-Haines 168F

Date	Topic	Special Web Pages
reference text: Principles of Neural Science by Kandel, Schwartz and Jessel	Acronyms and Abbreviations	and Figures

2015 Lectures in Behavioral Neuroscience ß

E S C A P E B E H A V I O R in F I S H
Jan 12	C-Start Reflexes in Fish	examples
Jan 14, 16	Afferent-Sensory Input	circuitry
Jan 21	Glutamate: Excitatory Transmission
Jan 23	Dopamine	DA figures
Jan 24, 27	Mauthner Cell	circuitry
Jan 30, Feb 2	Mauthner - Efferent Output	circuitry
Feb 2	Acetylcholine (ACh)
Feb 2	Neuromuscular Function
Feb 7, 10, 13	Integration of Circuitry and Behavior	circuitry

J A M M I N G A V O I D A N C E R E S P O N S E
Feb 13, 18	Electric fish, EOD and JAR	examples
Feb 18, 20, 23	Afferent Path for Electroreception	circuits
	Glutamate: Excitatory Transmission
Feb 23, 25	Control of Electric Organ Discharge Frequency	circuits
	GABA: Inhibitory Transmission
	Acetylcholine
Feb 25, 27, Mar 2	Efferent output to produce Electric Organ Discharge	circuits
March 2, 4, 6	Jamming Avoidance Response	Jamming

F E A R C O N D I T I O N I N G
March 16, 18	Fear and Fear Behaviors	examples
March 20, 23	Afferent Pathways (CS) for Fear Association Learning	circuitry
March 25, 27	Amygdala	Amygdalar circuitry
Mar 30, Apr 1, 6	Fear Conditioning	circuitry
Apr 6, 8	BDNF	Amygdalar circuitry
Apr 10	Afferent Shock (US) Pathway	afferent shock circuitry
Apr 13	Substance P	SP figs
Apr 15	Efferent Output	circuitry
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh figs
Apr 17	Neuromuscular Production of Fear Potentiated Startle	circuitry
Apr 20	Integrated Behavior: Fear Conditioned Startle	Fear circuitry

Lectures in Behavioral Neuroscience (class chooses one from each category of complexity) ß

Simple Behavioral Circuitry

C R A Y F I S H E S C A P E
Apr 11, 13	Crayfish Ecology and Behavior		Crayfish examples
Jan 20, 22	Sensory Afferent input for Tail Flip		Crayfish Circuitry
Jan 25		Glutamate	Glu figures
Jan 27		Serotonin = 5-HT	5-HT figures
Jan 29, Feb 1	S & R Sensitization		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 1, 3	Sensitization and Learning		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 3, 5	Efferent Motor paths to Shortening		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 5, 8		Acetylcholine ACh	ACh figs
Feb 8, 10	Neuromuscular Function		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 10, 12	INTEGRATION: Sensitized Shortening		Crayfish 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
Jan 14, 19	Defensive Behaviors in Aplysia	Species / Behavior Figures
Jan 19, 21	Sensory Stimulation of Siphon Withdrawal	circuit diagrams
Jan 21, 24	Glutamate (Glu): Excitatory Transmission	Glutamate Figures
Jan 24, 26	Motor output driving Siphon Withdrawal	circuit diagrams
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh Figures
Jan 26, 28	Gating	circuit diagrams
Jan 28, 31	Serotonin (5-HT): Neuromodulation	5-HT Figures
Jan 31, Feb 2, 4, 7, 9	Classical Conditioning and Long-Term Memory	circuit diagrams

L E E C H S E N S I T I Z A T I O N
Jan 11, 14	Leech Shortening Reflex		Leech examples
Jan 16, 18	Sensory Afferentinput for Shortening		Leech Circuitry
Jan 18, 23, 25		Glutamate	Glu figures
Jan 25		Serotonin = 5-HT	5-HT figures
Jan 28, 30	S & R Sensitization		Leech Circuitry
Feb 1, 4	Sensitization and Learning		Leech Circuitry
Feb 6, 8	Efferent Motor paths to Shortening		Leech Circuitry
Feb 8		Acetylcholine ACh	ACh figs
Feb 8, 11	Neuromuscular Function		Leech Circuitry
Feb 11, 13	INTEGRATION: Sensitized Shortening		Leech Circuitry

Moderately Complex Behavioral Circuitry

E Y E B L I N K C O N D I T I O N I N G I N TURTLES
Feb 11	Eye Blink Behavior in Chrysemys	Turtles and Ecology
Feb 11, 14	Afferent Path in Turtles	circuitry
	Glutamate (Glu): Excitatory Transmission	Glutamate Figures
Feb 14, 16	Turtle Eyeblink Efferent Motor Output	Eyblink circuitry
Feb 16, 23	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh Figures
Feb 23-25	Neuromuscular Function
Feb 25, 28	Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)	BDNF Figures
Mar 2, 4	In vitro Classical Conditioning of Eyeblink Reflex in Turtles	In vitro circuit diagrams

Y A W N I N G
Feb 12, 14	Yawning Behavior	Yawning Figures
Feb 14	Evolution of/Purpose for Yawning	Yawning Figures
Feb 19, 21, 24	Sensory Afferents to Yawn	Yawning Circuitry
Jan 20	Glutamate (Glu): Excitatory Transmission	Glutamate Figures
Feb 24, 26	Gating the Yawn	Yawning Circuitry
Feb 28	Norepinephrine (NE)	NE Figures
Mar 3, 5	Oxytocin (OT)	OT Figures
Mar 7	ACTH & aMSH	ACTH & aMSH Figures
Mar 7, 17	Regulating Yawn Gating	Yawning Circuitry
Mar 19	Efferent Yawn Output	Yawning Circuitry
Jan 29	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh Figures
Feb 23-25	Neuromuscular Production of Yawns
Mar 24-26	Integration of Yawn Circuitry and Behavior	Yawning Circuitry

Complex Behavioral Circuitry

B I O L O G I C A L R H Y T H M S
Mar 26	Behavior of Rhythmicity	Figures of Rhymiticity
Apr 1, 4	Sensory input for Rhythmicity	Eyes
Jan 20	Glutamate	Glutamate Figures 132-148
Apr 6, 8	Afferent Path & SCN	SCN figures
Apr 8, 11	Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP)	VIP Figures Ch 11
Apr 13	Vasopressin (AVP)	AVP figs
Apr 13	g-aminobutryic Acid = GABA	GABA figs 105-127
	Serotonin (5-HT)	5-HT Figures
Apr 13, 15, 18, 20	C I R C A D I A N R H Y T H M S	Molecular mechanisms
Apr 27, 29	Efferent paths from the SCN
Apr 29, 8	RHYTHM INTEGRATION

L O R D O S I S
Mar 22, 24	BEHAVIOR	examples
Mar 24, 26	Reflexes
Mar 26	Sensory Reception - Tactile Receptors	Sensory Receptors
Mar 26, 29	VIP	VIP figs
	Substance P	SP figs
Mar 29	Spinal Synapses	spinal cord diagrams
Mar 29, 31	Ascending Fibers to Reticulospinal and Vestibulospinal Synapses	circuit diagrams
Apr 7	Estrogens	E₂ figs
	Serotonin (5-HT)	5-HT figs
Apr 9	GnRH	GnRH figs
Apr 9, 12, 14	Hypothalamic Gating
Apr 16	Motor Cascade along Efferent Circuitry	circuit diagrams
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh figs
Apr 16	Neuromuscular function
Apr 16, 19	INTEGRATION	circuit diagrams

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