BIPN140: Cellular Neurobiology
Fall 2007

   Lectures:
             Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:00 to 6:20 pm, 119 Center Hall
 

Professors:

   Nicholas C. Spitzer 
       nspitzer@ucsd.edu
       Office hours: Wed 3-4, Pacific Hall 3222A

   Darwin K. Berg 
       dberg@ucsd.edu
       Office hours: Fri 3-4, Pacific Hall 3212A

 

TAs:

   Cory Root  
       croot@ucsd.edu
       Office hours: Fri 11-12, York 3010F

   Diane Whitmer 
       dwhitmer@ucsd.edu
       Office hours: Tues 6:30-7:30, Center 119
        or York 3010B if displaced by another class

   Nicole Flores 
       niflores@ucsd.edu
       Office hours: Fri 1-2, York 3010D



   Peter Yu 

       yanhui_1@msn.com
       Office hours: Mon 12-1, York 3010D

   Yuri Plotkin 
       yplotkin@ucsd.edu
       Office hours: Wed 5-6, York 3010D

   TA lead sections click here

Course Syllabus updated

Link to last year's site for additional problem sets and keys to last year's midterm and final exams

Text:  Neuroscience, Purves et al.
     (4th edition, Sinauer Associates Publishers)

First exam score stats: Average 61, Median 63, SD 19
click here for the answer key.

Second exam score stats: Average 54 before extra credit, median 58, SD 19

click here for the answer key.

Final exams are graded and course grades have been asigned. Exams can be picked up on the third floor of Pacific Hall.

click here for the answer key

click here for final & course grades

  

Lecture #
Date
Lecture topic
Reading
Paper
Problem Set
Lecture notes
1.
9/27/07
Neurons and Glia
Chap. 1
BDNF transport

outline 1 powerpoint 1

2.
102/07
Electrical signaling
Chap. 1
Dynamic Microglia
problem set 1 answers updated2
outline 2 powerpoint 2
3.
10/4/07
Ion channels and currents
Chap. 2 & 3
K+ channel Core

outline 3
powerpoint 3

4.
10/9/07
Combinations of currents I
Chap. 3
Dendritic APs
problem set 2 answers

outline 4
powerpoint 4

5.
10/11/07
Combinations of currents II
Chap. 3 & 4
KATP in hypoxia
outline 5 powerpoint 5
6.
10/16/07
Channel Structure and Function
Chap. 4
problem set 3 answers updated
outline 6 powerpoint 6
7.
10/18/07
Syanaptic Transmission
Chap. 5
outline 7 powerpoint 7
...Fire break...
10/30/07
1st Midterm Exam (all above material)
8.
11/1/07
Synaptic transmission II
Chap. 5 & 6
Ca++ & Glutamate Release
problem set 4 answers updated
outline 8 powerpoint 8
9.
11/6/07
Neurotransmitter Receptors
Chap. 6
Cannabinoids
outline 9 powerpoint 9
10.
11/8/07
Intracellular Signalling
Chap. 7
Morphine-like factor in brain
problem set 5 answers
outline 10 powerpoint 10
11.
11/13/07
Synaptic Plasticity I
Chap. 7 & 8
LTP
outline 11 powerpoint 11
12.
11/15/07
Synaptic Plasticity II
Chap. 8
AMPA trafficking
Problem set 6 answers
outline 12 powerpoint 12
 
11/20/07
2nd Midterm Exam
 
Thanksgiving Holiday
13.
11/27/07
Early Brain Development
Chap. 22
Somatostatin
outline 13 powerpoint 13
14.
11/28/07
Synapse Formation
Chap. 23
Axon guidance
problem set 7 answers
outline 14 powerpoint 14
15.
12/4/07
Learning & Memory
Chap. 24 & 31
Memory
outline 15 powerpoint 15
16.
12/6/07
Axon guidance
Endocanabinoids shape wiring
problem set 8 answers
outline 16 powerpoint 16

Photo of GFP-CaMKII neuron courtesy of Paul De Koninck, http://www.bcm.ulaval.ca/accueil.aspx?tabid=115

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