CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Problem Sets: Problem sets will be posted on the class website almost every week. They will cover the previous week’s material. They are for practice only: they will not be graded, but you may be called upon in section to answer them. Answers will be available on the website the week after they are handed out.

Sections: Start the week of January 14^th. Attend the one of your choice.

Mondays 4:00-4:50 pm (HK)	Location:	HSS 1305
Mondays 5:00-5:50 pm (BA)	Location:	HSS 1305
Wednesdays 8:00-8:50 am (BA)	Location:	Center 217B
Wednesdays 6:00-6:50 pm (DW)	Location:	Center 220

Pre-Exam Review Sections:

Midterm	Friday, February 08, 2008	Location:	Pacific Hall 3500	Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Final	Tuesday, March 18, 2008	Location:	Pacific Hall 3500	Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

Grading: Midterm 50 %

Final Exam 50 %

Grading is on a curve.

Supplemental Texts: Neuroscience, Bear, Connors & Paradiso

Principles of Neural Science, Kandel and Schwartz

Neurobiology, Shepherd

Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, Hille

From Neuron to Brain, Nicholls, Martin and Wallace (3rd edition)

Lecture Outlines:  Generally available from class website:

                                                                            http://www.biology.ucsd.edu/classes/bipn140.WI08/

General Information

InstructorS: Massimo Scanziani, CMG 203, massimo@ucsd.edu, 822 3839;

Anirvan Ghosh, Pacific Hall 1123, aghosh@ucsd.edu, 822 4142.

Instructor Office Hours:
Massimo Scanziani	2:00 pm, Tuesdays	Location:	CMG 203
Anirvan Ghosh	2:00 pm, Tuesdays	Location:	Pacific Hall 1123

Teaching Assistants	Office Hours	Location	e -mail
Bassam Atallah	12:00 am, Mondays	CMG 213	bassam.atallah@gmail.com
Diane Whitmer	6:20-6:50pm Tues-Thurs	Center 212	dwhitmer@biomail.ucsd.edu
Hussain Karimi	6:00 pm Mondays	Clics 253	hkarimi@ucsd.edu

Handouts: This Syllabus and General Information is the only handout. Problem Sets will be available from the class website. Overheads will usually be available on the class website as well.

Problem sets: These consist of sets of questions that will help you evaluate your understanding of the material covered in the lectures and the reading. They are similar to questions you will have to answer on exams. To get the most out of them, treat them like exams. In the past there has been an excellent correlation between those who worked through the problem sets and those who received high grades in the course. They will not be graded, but will be discussed in section. The answers will be available on the class website after the week in which they are discussed.

Recitation sections: Sections will meet starting the second week of the quarter. The sections are useful opportunities to go over material that has been presented in the lectures and in the reading. They are also valuable because the problem sets and their solutions will be discussed.

Exams: The grade in the course depends on the midterm exam and a final exam. The exams will consist of short essays and problems. The Midterm will cover lectures 1 to 10. The final exam will be comprehensive, covering the whole course. The exams will cover material from lectures, assigned reading, and problem sets. The lectures are important since they highlight matters of particular significance and discuss issues that may be complex. The text is important since this reading provides further background and the instructor does not cover all of the material in lecture. The problem sets are important since they provide excellent practice in working out exam questions and some of the questions on the exams will be drawn from the problem sets.

§ Final Exam tonight, Thursday March 20th, 7-9pm in 212 Center Hall

§ Problem Set 8 Questions and Answers Posted

§ Students voted to keep the grading scheme 50% midterm, 50% final exam, with 10 points added to everyone’s score after the curve.

Midterm

Office Hours

§ Final Exam tonight, Thursday March 20^th, 7-9pm in 212 Center Hall