BCSC 241: Lecture Schedule
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(Schedule of class sessions with assignments: weekly write-up papers, assignment papers; note some papers may change)
Date
Topic
Readings
08/31
Course requirements; Introduction to sensory systems plus some techniques and tools
Kandel Chapter 21; Briggs 2017
09/05
Retina 1: Cell types, organization
Field & Chichilnisky, 2007; Dacey et al, 2014; Kandel Chapter 26
09/07
Retina 2: Building receptive fields
Field et al, 2010
09/12
Thalamus 1: Organization
Kaplan 2004; Weyand 2016; Hirsch et al, 2015
09/14
Thalamus 2: Functional properties
Soto-Sanchez et al, 2017
09/19
Primary Visual Cortex 1: Functional architecture
Van Hooser 2007; Nauhaus & Nielsen, 2014
09/21
Primary Visual Cortex 2: Receptive field transformations
Alonso & Reid, 1995
09/26
Primary Visual Cortex 3: Neurons, circuits
Callaway Chapter 25; Lee et al, 2016
09/28
Primary Visual Cortex 4: Computations
No write-up due, in-class discussion of Lee et al, 2016
09/29
Assignment 1 due @5PM
Roy et al, 2017
10/03
Extrastriate Cortex 1: Streams, connections
Sincich & Horton, 2005; Manning & Britten, 2017; Pasupathy et al, 2017; Roe et al, 2012
10/05
Extrastriate Cortex 2: Functional transformations
Freeman et al, 2013
10/10
Corticothalamic Interactions 1: Structure, organization
Briggs & Usrey, 2008; Hasse & Briggs, 2017a; Sherman & Guillery, 2011
10/12
Corticothalamic Interactions 2: Function
Hasse & Briggs, 2017b
10/17
No Class; Fall Break
10/19
Color vision
Conway, 2009; Mancuso et al, 2009
10/24
Eye movements 1: Sensorimotor integration
Sommer & Wurtz, 2008; Wurtz et al, 2011; Zirnsak et al, 2014
10/26
Eye movements 2: Neuronal mechanisms
No write-up due, in-class discussion of Zirnsak et al, 2014
10/27
Assignment 2 due @5PM
Kondo & Ohki, 2016 + Roth et al, 2016
10/31
Plasticity/Development 1: Neurons, circuits
Espinosa & Stryker, 2012
11/02
Plasticity/Development 2: Functional properties
Li et al, 2008
11/06
Final project topic proposal due @5PM for 541 graduate students only
11/07
Multisensory integration 1
Choi et al, 2018; Stein & Stanford, 2008
11/09
Multisensory integration 2
Wimmer et al, 2015
11/14
No lecture, at SfN
11/16
Somatosensory System of Rodents
Estebanez et al, 2018; Yu et al, 2016
11/21
Guest Lecture Dr. Manny Gomez-Ramirez: Primate Somatosensory System (via Zoom)
No write-up due
11/22
Assignment 3 due @5PM
Joiner et al, 2017
11/23
No class; Thanksgiving Break
11/27
Final written exam proposal due (241), outline due (541) @5PM
11/28
Guest Lecture Dr. Sam Norman-Haignere: Early auditory processing
Carney_Stevens Chapter; Carney Ch. 5; Romanski & Averbeck, 2009
11/30
Guest Lecture Dr. Liz Romanski: Auditory cortex structure, function
Rauschecker et al, 1995
12/05
Attention 1
Maunsell Chapter; Maunsell 2015
12/07
Attention 2
Zenon & Krauzlis, 2012 + Bogadhi et al, 2019
12/12
Attention 3
12/18
Final written exam due @5PM