Behavioral Neuroscience

Dr. Cliff H. Summers
Churchill-Haines 168F

Behavioral Neuroscience
BIOL 432/732
Spring 2021

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

2021 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 1	C-Start Reflexes in Fish	examples
Jan 13, 15, 20	Fundamentals of Neurocircuitry	circuitry
Jan 20	Afferent-Sensory Input	circuitry
Jan 20, 22	Glutamate: Excitatory Transmission
Jan 22	Dopamine	DA figures
Jan 22, 25	Mauthner Cell	circuitry
Jan 27, 29	Mauthner - Efferent Output	circuitry
Jan 29	Acetylcholine (ACh)
Jan 29	Neuromuscular Function
Jan 29, Feb 1	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 3	Defensive Behaviors in Aplysia	Species / Behavior Figures
Feb 3,5	Sensory Stimulation of Siphon Withdrawal	circuit diagrams
	Glutamate (Glu): Excitatory Transmission	Glutamate Figures
Feb 5, 8	Motor output driving Siphon Withdrawal	circuit diagrams
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh Figures
Feb 8, 10	Gating	circuit diagrams
Feb 10, 12	Serotonin (5-HT): Neuromodulation	5-HT Figures
Feb 12, 17, 19	Classical Conditioning and Long-Term Memory	circuit diagrams

Y A W N I N G
Feb 22	Yawning Behavior	Yawning Figures
Feb 22	Evolution of/Purpose for Yawning	Yawning Figures
Feb 34, 26	Sensory Afferents to Yawn	Yawning Circuitry
	Glutamate (Glu): Excitatory Transmission	Glutamate Figures
Feb 26 Mar 1, 3	Gating the Yawn	Yawning Circuitry
Mar 5	Norepinephrine (NE)	NE Figures
Mar 5	Oxytocin (OT)	OT Figures
Mar 5, 15	ACTH & aMSH	ACTH & aMSH Figures
Mar 15, 17, 19	Regulating Yawn Gating	Yawning Circuitry
Mar 19, 22	Efferent Yawn Output	Yawning Circuitry
	Acetylcholine (ACh)	ACh Figures
Mar 22	Neuromuscular Production of Yawns
Mar 22, 24, 26	Integration of Yawn Circuitry and Behavior	Yawning Circuitry

B I O L O G I C A L R H Y T H M S
Mar 29, 31	Behavior of Rhythmicity	Figures of Rhymiticity
Apr 2, 5	Sensory input for Rhythmicity	Eyes
	Glutamate	Glutamate Figures 132-148
Apr 7, 9, 12	Afferent Path & SCN	SCN figures
Apr 14, 16	Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP)	VIP Figures Ch 11
Apr 19	Vasopressin (AVP)	AVP figs
Apr 19	g-aminobutryic Acid = GABA	GABA figs 105-127
	Serotonin (5-HT)	5-HT Figures
Apr 21, 23, 26.	C I R C A D I A N R H Y T H M S	Molecular mechanisms
Apr 28.	Efferent paths from the SCN
Apr 30.	RHYTHM INTEGRATION

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

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

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

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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