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Jan 22 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau &
McLoon Course introduction |
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McLoon |
Embryology of the
nervous system |
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Jan 24 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Lanier |
Survey of methods used to
alter gene expression |
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Jan 29 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau |
Induction |
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Jan 31 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Koyano |
Regionalization of
the neural tube |
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Letourneau |
Discussion |
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Feb 5 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Koyano |
Determination of cell
fate |
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Koyano |
Discussion |
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Feb 7 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Cell division and
cell lineage |
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Koyano |
Discussion |
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Feb 12 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Neural crest cell migration |
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McLoon |
Discussion |
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Feb 14 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Cell
migration in the CNS |
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McLoon |
Discussion |
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Feb 19 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Lanier |
Intrinsic mechanisms of
neuronal migration |
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McLoon |
Discussion |
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Feb 21 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Lanier |
Neurite initiation & growth cone
motility |
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Lanier |
Discussion |
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Feb 26 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau |
Axon guidance
I |
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Lanier |
Discussion |
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Feb 28 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau |
Axon guidance
II |
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Letourneau |
Discussion |
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Mar 4 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau |
Synapse formation & receptor
clustering
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Letourneau |
Discussion |
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Mar 6 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau & McLoon Mid semester
wrap-up |
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Letourneau |
Discussion |
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Mar 11 Tu |
no class |
study day |
| Mar 13 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Mid-term examination |
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Mar 25 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Specificity of
synaptic connections |
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McLoon |
Term paper
discussion |
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Mar 27 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Nakagawa |
Refinement of connections I |
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McLoon |
Discussion |
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Apr 1 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Nakagawa |
Refinement of connections II |
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Nakagawa |
Discussion |
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Apr 3 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Nakagawa |
Development of dendrites |
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Nakagawa |
Discussion |
| Apr 8 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Developmental cell
death [pathway
chart] |
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Nakagawa |
Discussion |
| Apr 10 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau |
Trophic factors -
neurotrophins |
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McLoon |
Discussion |
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Apr 15 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Letourneau |
Trophic factors -
other factors |
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Letourneau |
Discussion |
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term papers due in class |
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Apr 17 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Lanier |
Neuron-glia interactions |
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Letourneau |
Discussion |
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term papers for review passed
out in class |
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Apr 22 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
Nick |
Development of behavior |
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Lanier |
Discussion |
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Apr 24 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
Nakagawa |
Neurogenesis in the
adult |
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Nick |
Discussion |
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Apr 29 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Reaction to injury
and regeneration |
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Nakagawa |
Discussion |
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May 1 Th |
9:15-11:15 |
small group meetings
to review term papers |
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written critics due
by noon |
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May 6 Tu |
9:15-11:15 |
McLoon |
Discussion |
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Letourneau &
McLoon semester wrap-up |
| May 8 Th |
no class |
study day |
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May
12-15 |
Pick up take home
final examination in 6-145 Jackson Hall from noon May 12 to noon May
15; return completed exam within 24 hours |
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May 16 |
Final term papers due in 6-145
Jackson by noon |
