CSC 242/BCSC 232: Lecture Schedule

Chapter readings are from Development of the Nervous System (eds. Sanes, D., Reh, T., and Harris, W.).

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Class
Date
Lecturer
Topic
Reading
01
01/12
MWS
Course overview & gene regulation during neural development
Developmental Biology (Wolpert), p.1-22, 295-303
[see Blackboard for scan file]
 
01/17
n/a
NO CLASS—Martin Luther King Jr. Day
n/a
02
01/19
MWS
Neural induction and regionalization
Sanes text, Chapter 1, p.1-17
03
01/24
MWS
Neural induction and regionalization
Sanes text, Chapter 2
04
01/26
MWS
Neurogenesis, migration & differentiation in the nervous system I
Sanes text, Chapter 1, p.17-21
05
01/31
MWS
Neurogenesis, migration & differentiation in the nervous system II
Sanes text, Chapter 3, p.49-67
06
02/02
MWS
Neurogenesis, migration & differentiation in the nervous system III
Sanes text, Chapter 4, p.77-92
07
02/07
MWS
Regulation of neurogenesis in primate brain
Sanes text, Chapter 3, p.67-73; Gage, Scientific American Sept 2003; p.47-53
08
02/09
MWS
Neurite outgrowth and pathfinding I
Sanes text, Chapter 5
09
02/14
MWS
Neurite outgrowth and pathfinding II
Sanes text, Chapter 5
10
02/16
 
EXAM I
 
11
02/21
MWS
Synapse formation
Sanes text, Chapter 8; mostly p.225-238
12
02/23
MWS
Molecular cues underlying the specificity of connections I
Sanes text, Chapter 6
13
02/28
MWS
Molecular cues underlying the specificity of connections II
Sanes text, Chapter 6
14
03/02
Majewska
The role of microglia during synaptogenesis in the visual system
Sanes text, Chapter 9
 
03/07
 
NO LECTURE-- SPRING BREAK 3/5- 3/13/22
 
 
03/09
 
NO LECTURE-- SPRING BREAK 3/5- 3/13/22
 
15
03/14
MWS
Early experience and synaptic rearrangement I
Sanes text, Chapter 9
16
03/16
MWS
Early experience and synaptic rearrangement II
Sanes text, Chapter 9
17
03/21
Johnson
Mechanisms of cell death and trophic factor action
Sanes text, Chapter 7
18
03/23
MWS
Programmed cell death in the nervous system
Sanes text, Chapter 7; optional:
Wilhelm & Guizzetti 2016 review
19
03/28
 
EXAM II
 
20
03/30
MWS
Cellular mechanisms of learning & memory I
Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed (Kandel); Chapter 63
21
04/04
MWS
Cellular mechanisms of learning & memory II
Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed (Kandel); Chapter 63; optional: Quirk et al J Neurosci 2010
22
04/06
MWS
Cellular mechanisms of learning & memory III
Fundamental Neuroscience (Squire, Berg, Bloom, du Lac, Ghosh, & Spitzer); p.559-562
23
04/11
MWS
Models of early learning: vocal learning in songbirds I
Sanes text Chap. 10, p.321-324
24
04/13
MWS
Hormonal influences on neural and behavioral development
Sanes text, Chapter 7, p.186-188; Chapter 10, p.308-313; [optional: Buss et al, PNAS 2012; E1312-19]
25
04/18
Portman
Genetic sex regulation of neural and behavioral development
Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed (Kandel); Chap. 57
26
04/20
MWS
Alzheimer's disease genes and their functions in brain development/inclass oral presentations
Duggan & McCarthy, Cellular Signalling 28 (2016) 1–11
27
04/25
Students
In-class oral presentations: neural development and disease
n/a
28
04/27
 
EXAM III
 
29
05/02
Students
Oral presentations: neural development, injury and/or disease
n/a
30
05/04
Students
Oral presentations: neural development, injury and/or disease
n/a

2/9/22: LAST DAY TO DROP CLASS
4/27/22: LAST DAY OF CLASSES
4/28/22 - 5/1/22: READING PERIOD
WEEK OF 5/2/22 -5/7/22: FINAL EXAM WEEK