Behavioral Neuroscience

Dr. Cliff H. Summers
Churchill-Haines 168F

Behavioral Neuroscience
BIOL 432/732
Spring 2020

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

2020 Lectures in Behavioral Neuroscience ß

HONEY BEE CONDITIONED DRINKING
January 13 - 15	Honey Bee Ecology and Behavior	Species / Behavior Figures
January 22 - 24	Honey Bee Neuroanatomy	Honey Bee Neuroanatomy
January 24, 27, 31	Fundamentals of Neurocircuitry
Jan 31 - Feb 3	Sensory Afferent input for Proboscis Extension	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 3	Acetylcholine (ACh)	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 5	Octopamine (OA)	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 7	Gating Proboscis Extension	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 7, 10, 12	Learning What to Drink	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 12	Conditioned Proboscis Extenstion	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 14	Motor Neuron output for Proboscis Extension	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 19	Integration: Honey Bee Conditioned Drinking	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry

E Y E B L I N K C O N D I T I O N I N G I N TURTLES
Feb 21	Eye Blink Behavior in Chrysemys	Turtles and Ecology
Feb 24, 26	Afferent Path in Turtles	circuitry
Feb 26, 28	Glutamate (Glu): Excitatory Transmission	Glutamate Figures
Feb 28 - Mar 2	Turtle Eyeblink Efferent Motor Output	Eyblink circuitry
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh Figures
Mar 2, 4	Neuromuscular Function
Mar 4, 6, 16	Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)	BDNF Figures 4th video lecture for BDNF's role Turtle Eyeblink Conditioning
Mar 18, 20	In vitro Classical Conditioning of Eyeblink Reflex in Turtles	In vitro circuit diagrams 1st video lecture for Turtle In vitro Classical Conditioning of Eyeblink 2nd video lecture for Turtle In vitro Classical Conditioning of Eyeblink 3rd video lecture for Turtle In vitro Classical Conditioning of Eyeblink

F E A R C O N D I T I O N I N G
March 23, 25	Fear and Fear Behaviors	examples 1^st video lecture for Fear and fear behavior
March 27, 30	Afferent Pathways (CS) for Fear Association Learning	circuitry 2nd video lecture for Fear Association Learning (CS)
April 1, 3	Amygdala	Amygdalar circuitry 3rd video lecture on the Amygdala
Apr 6, 8, 13	Fear Conditioning	circuitry 4th video lecture on the Fear Conditioning
	BDNF	Amygdalar circuitry
Apr 13-17	Afferent Shock (US) Pathway	afferent shock circuitry 5^th video lecture for Afferent Shock Pathway (US)
Apr 13	Substance P	SP figs 6^th video lecture for Substance P)
Apr 15	Efferent Output	Fear efferent circuitry 7^th video lecture for Motor Efferents
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh figs
Apr 17	Neuromuscular Production of Fear Potentiated Startle	Fear potentiated startle circuitry 8^th video lecture on Neuromuscular potentiated startle
Apr 20 - May 1	Integrated Behavior: Fear Conditioned Startle	Fear circuitry 9^th video lecture on Integrated Fear Conditioned Startle

To be chosen from the following list:
I. One from each category
	1. Simple Behavioral Circuitry
	2. Moderately Complex Behavioral Circuitry
	3. Complex Behavioral Circuitry

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

Simple Behavioral 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

HONEY BEE CONDITIONED DRINKING
January 8 - 10	Honey Bee Ecology and Behavior	Species / Behavior Figures
January 10 - 12	Honey Bee Neuroanatomy	Honey Bee Neuroanatomy
January 17 - 24	Fundamentals of Neurocircuitry
January 24 - 26	Sensory Afferent input for Proboscis Extension	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
January 26	Acetylcholine (ACh)	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
January 29	Octopamine OA	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
January 31	Gating Proboscis Extension	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
January 31 - February 2-5	Learning What to Drink	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 5	Conditioned Proboscis Extenstion	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 7	Motor Neuron output for Proboscis Extension	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry
February 9	Integration: Honey Bee Conditioned Drinking	Honey Bee Neurocircuitry

C R A Y F I S H E S C A P E
Jan 9, 11	Crayfish Ecology and Behavior		Crayfish examples
Jan 13	Crayfish Neuroanatomy		Crayfish Anatomy
Jan 13, 18	Fundamentals of Neurocircuitry		Crayfish Anatomy
Jan 18, 20, 23	Sensory Afferent input for Tail Flip		Crayfish Circuitry
Jan 25, 27		Acetylcholine ACh	ACh figs
Jan 27, 30	Gating the Full Flip		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 1, 3	Gating the Tail Flip for Upward Thrust		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 3		GABA	GABA figures
Feb 3, 6	Parallel Gating of Crayfish Escape		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 6, 10	Motor Neurons and the Crayfish tail-flip Escape		Crayfish Circuitry
Feb 10		Serotonin = 5-HT	5-HT figures
Feb 10, 13, 15	INTEGRATION: Crayfish Tail-Flip Escape		Crayfish Circuitry

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

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

Moderately Complex Behavioral Circuitry

I N I T I A T I O N o f S H A R K S T R I K E / F E E D I N G
Feb	Shark Ecology and Behavior	examples
Feb	Ecology of Shark Feeding	examples
Feb	Sensory Modalities used in Shark Feeding	examples
Feb	Sensory Olfaction in Shark Feeding	olfactory receptors
Feb	Afferent Sensory Path for Electroreception	olfactory receptors

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

E Y E B L I N K C O N D I T I O N I N G I N TURTLES
Feb 15	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
	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

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

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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