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Readings in the table below are primarily from the course text:

Amazon logo Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell, eds. Principles of Neural Science. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 2000. ISBN: 9780838577011.


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1Introduction to the Nervous SystemKandel. Chapters 1 and 2.
2Membrane Channels and SignalingKandel. Chapter 6.
3Ionic basis of the Resting PotentialKandel. Chapter 7.
4Action Potential IKandel. Chapter 9.
5Action Potential II
6Neurons as Conductors: Propagation of the Action PotentialKandel. Chapter 8.
7Electrical and Chemical Synaptic TransmissionKandel. Chapter 10.
8Mechanisms of Transmitter Release at SynapsesKandel. Chapters 11 and 14.
9Indirect Mechanisms of Synaptic TransmissionKandel. Chapters 12 and 13.
10Biochemistry of Synaptic TransmissionKandel. Chapter 15.
11Learning and Memory IKandel. Chapter 62.
12Learning and Memory IIKandel. Chapter 63.
13From Genes to Structure to BehaviorKandel. Chapters 3 and 17.
14Nervous System Development IKandel. Chapter 52.
15Nervous System Development IIKandel. Chapter 53.
16Axon Guidance IKandel. Chapter 54.
17Synapse FormationKandel. Chapter 55.
18Fine-Tuning Synaptic ConnectionsKandel. Chapter 56.
19Vision IKandel. Chapter 25.
20Vision IIKandel. Chapter 26
21HearingKandel. Chapters and 30 and 31.
22Olfaction and Other Sensory SystemsKandel. Chapter 32.
23Pain and ThermoreceptionKandel. Chapters 22 and 24.
24Higher Order Cognitive FunctionKandel. Chapters 60 and 61.

 








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