G80/G83.2201

 

 

 

Cellular, Molecular & Developmental Neural Science

Fall 2005

 

 

Syllabus

 

 

 

(revised 6 December 2005)

 

 

The class meets in Room 815 Meyer Hall, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-10:45am.

Sep 6

Lect 1

Nerves and glia: Structure of the Nervous System
Readings: Feldman et al., Ch 3
PowerPoint Slides:  Introduction

AOKI

Sep 8

Lect 2

Ultrastructure of neurons & supporting cells
Readings: Feldman et al., pp 185-208; Figures in Peters, Palay, and Webster’s Fine Structure in the NS; Fuxe and Agnati's Volume Transmission in the Brain, Ch 1 and 4
PowerPoint Slides: EM2004

AOKI

Sep 13

Lect 3

Glial cells & regulation of extracellular space
Readings: Haydon_2001; Volterra_2005

PowerPoint Slides: Glia

CHESLER

Sep 15

Lect 4

Membrane biophysics I: Thermodynamic principles
Readings: Fain, Ch1 1, 2, 3

PowerPoint Slides:

TRANCHINA

Sep 19

3:30pm

Lect 5

Membrane biophysics II: Passive membrane properties
Readings: Fain, Ch. 1, 2, 3

PowerPoint Slides:

TRANCHINA

Sep 22

Lect 6

Membrane biophysics III: Hodgkin-Huxley model
Readings: Fain, Ch. 5
PowerPoint Slides: HH_lecture

TRANCHINA

Sep 27

Lect 7

Firing patterns I: Sodium and Calcium Channels
Readings: Fain, Ch. 7

PowerPoint Slides: Na_&_Ca Channels

KOTAK

Sep 29

Lect 8

Firing patterns II: Potassium channel  diversity

Readings: Fain, Ch 7; Hille, Ch 5; Coetzee_1999; Rudy_2001

PowerPoint Slides: Potassium

RUDY

Oct 3

3:30pm

Lect 9

Synaptic transmission I: Quantal hypothesis

Readings:

PowerPoint Slides:

TRANCHINA

Oct 6

Lect 10

Synaptic transmission II: Glutamatergic systems
Readings: Feldman et al., Ch 10.1
PowerPoint Slides: Glutamate

AOKI

Oct 11

Lect 11

Synaptic transmission II: Receptor trafficking

Readings: Barry and Ziff; Shi et al
PowerPoint Slides: Trafficking

ZIFF

Oct 13

Lect 12

Synaptic transmission III: Excitatory synaptic plasticity

Readings: Fain, Ch. 8
PowerPoint Slides: Excitatory Plasticity

KOTAK

Oct 18

 

Midterm_CMD_05.doc is due by 10:45am

 

Oct 20

Lect 13

Synaptic transmission IV: Inhibitory synapse function & plasticity
Readings:
PowerPoint Slides: Inhibition

SANES

Oct 25

Lect 14

Neuromodulators I: Dopamine & Extrasynaptic Communication
Readings: Cragg and Rice 2004; Floresco et al 2003
PowerPoint Slides: Dopamine

RICE

 

Oct 27

Lect 15

Molecular genetic approaches I: Learning in flies and mice
Readings: Tully_(1997); Dubnau&Tully_(1998); Margulies_(2005); Davis_(2005)
PowerPoint Slides: Learning

TULLY

Nov 1

Lect 16

Neuromodulators II: Noradrenaline
Readings: Feldman et al., Ch 8
PowerPoint Slides: Noradrenaline

TERM PAPER OULINE DUE

AOKI

Nov 3

Lect 17

Neuromodulators IV: Acetylcholine

Readings: Feldman et al., Ch 7
PowerPoint Slides: Acetylcholine

AOKI

 

Nov 8

Lect 18

Molecular genetic approaches II: Circadian rhythms in flies
Readings: Stoleru 2005; Blau 2001
PDF Slides: Circadian rhythms

BLAU

Nov 10

 

No Class - Society for Neuroscience Meeting

 

Nov 15

 

No Class - Society for Neuroscience Meeting

 

Nov 17

 

No class

 

 

Nov 22

Lect 19

Development I: Determination
Readings:
PDF Slides: Determination

TERM PAPER DUE (SUBMIT BY EMAIL)

DESPLAN

 

Nov 24

 

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Nov 29

Lect 20

Development II: Drosophila eye development
Readings: Gehring&Ikeo (1999); Neumann&Nuesslein-Volhard (2000)
PDF Slides: Eye patterning

DESPLAN

 

Dec 1

Lect 21

Development III: Growth factors & survival
Readings: Sanes, Reh, Harris Ch 7

Power Point Slides: Cell_Death

SANES

Dec 6

Lect 22

Development IV: Axon guidance & maps
Readings: Sanes, Reh, Harris Ch 5 & 6

Power Point Slides: Paths&Maps

SANES

Dec 8

Lect 23

Development V: Synapse formation
Readings: Sanes, Reh, Harris Ch 8

Power Point Slides: Synaptogenesis

SANES

Dec 13

Lect 24

Development VI: Plasticity
Readings: Sanes, Reh, Harris Ch 9

Power Point Slides: Plasticity


Take-home examination distributed here & in class

Due Mon, Dec 19, 5:00 pm

(no exceptions without permission)

SANES

 

FACULTY

Chiye Aoki, CNS,

1056A Meyer, 8-3929, chiye@cns.nyu.edu

Bernardo Rudy, NYUSoM,

 

rudyb01@endeavor.med.nyu.edu

Justin Blau, Biology,

1001 Brown, 8-8261, justin.blau@nyu.edu

Dan Sanes†, CNS,

 

1009 Meyer, 8-3924, sanes@cns.nyu.edu

Mitch Chesler, NYUSoM,

 cheslm01@popmail.med.nyu.edu

Daniel Tranchina, Math & Biology,

 

520 Weaver, 8-3109, tranchin@cims.nyu.edu

Claude Desplan, Biology,

756 Brown, 8-3966, cd38@nyu.edu

Tim Tully, Cold Spring Harbor Labs,

 

tully@cshl.org

Vibhakar Kotak, CNS,

1007 Meyer, 8-3916, kotak@cns.nyu.edu

Edward Ziff, NYUSoM,

 

edward.ziff@med.nyu.edu

Margaret Rice, NYUSoM,

margaret.rice@nyu.edu

 

 

†Course Director

 

TEXTS

Gordon L. Fain, Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.

Bertil Hille, Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes, Third Edition. Sutherland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2001

R.S. Feldman, J.S. Meyer and L.F. Quenzer, Principles of Neuropharmacology, Sunderland, MA: Sinauer, 1997.

D.H. Sanes, T.A. Reh and W.A. Harris, Development of the Nervous System, Second Edition, Academic Press, 2005.

 

OTHER READINGS 

(usually available as pdf or handout)

 


Update: 6 December 2005                                               

sanes@cns.nyu.edu