Molecular Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology

Dev. Cell. 231D

Winter 2005

MWF 9:00-9:50 AM

MH 4248
 

Jan 5

Ron MEYER

Organizational Meeting

Jan 7

Ron MEYER

Introduction to Neuronal and Glial Cell Biology

Reading: Chapter 2, pp. 32-44; Chapter 3, pp. 49-67; Chapter 4, pp. 79-84, 95-113

Jan 10

Martin SMITH

Synaptogenesis I

Reading: Chapter 18, 483-498

Jan 12

Martin SMITH

Synaptogenesis II

Reading: Chapter 18, 483-498

Jan 14

DISCUSSION

(Martin SMITH)

Jan 17

HOLIDAY

Jan 19

Jim HALL

Ion channel fundamentals

Reading: Chapter 6

Jan 21

Al GOLDIN

Ion channels, membrane potential, and action potential

Reading: Chapter 6

Jan 24

Frances LESLIE

Neurotransmitters I

Reading: Chapters 7, 8, and 9

Jan 26

Frances LESLIE

Neurotransmitters II

Reading: Chapters 7, 8, and 9

Jan 28

Frances LESLIE

Neurotransmitters III

Reading: Chapters 7, 8, and 9

Jan 31

DISCUSSION

(Hall, Goldin, Leslie)

Feb 2

Olivier CIVELLI

Neuropeptides

Reading: Chapters 7, 9, and 10

Feb 4

Olivier CIVELLI

G-protein coupled receptors I Reading: Chapters 7, 9, and 10

Olivier CIVELLI

G-protein coupled receptors II

Reading: Chapters 7, 9, and 10

Feb 9

DISCUSSION

(Olivier Civelli)

Feb 11

Arthur LANDER

Polypeptide ligand-receptor interactions

Reading: Ch. 17, 449-456.

 

Feb 14

Leslie THOMPSON

Chemistry and biology of growth factors

Reading: Chapter 10, pp. 273-297; Chapter 19, pp. 501-517

Feb 16

MIDTERM EXAM

Feb 18

Ji SZE

Molecular mechanisms of cell death I

Reading: Chapter 19, pp. 517-530

Feb 21

HOLIDAY

Feb 23

Ji SZE

Cell death II

Reading: Chapter 19, pp. 517-530

Feb 25

DISCUSSION

(Ji Sze)

Feb 28

Rahul WARRIOR

Notch signaling and neurogenesis

Reading: Chapter 16, pp 417-432

Mar 2

Tom SCHILLING

Structure & pattern formation in the developing vertebrate nervous system

Reading: Chapter 14, pp 371-385; Chapter 15, pp. 391-403

Mar 4

Maike SANDER

Cell type determination in developing nervous system

Reading: Chapter 14, pp. 381-388, Chapter 16, 432-441

Mar 7

DISCUSSION

(Warrior, Schilling, Sander)

Mar 9

Anne CALOF

Molecular regulation of neurogenesis

Reading: Chapter 14, pp. 363-369

Mar 11

Ed MONUKI

Molecular regulation of cerebral cortex development

Reading: Chapter 14, pp. 385-9; Chapter 15, pp. 403-413

Mar 14

Ron MEYER

Formation of topographic connections

Reading: Chapters 17 and 18

Mar 16

Ron MEYER

Synapse rearrangement /activity-dependent refinement

Reading: Chapter 20

 

 

 

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday March 23, 8:00-10:00 AM