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Course coordinator: Professor Carl D. Hopkins

DISCUSSION SECTIONS

Writing Intensive Section

Computation Intensive Section

Traditional Section

Week		Due Date	Faculty	Topic	Assignment
1	1/21/25			Organizational Meeting
2	1/28-2/1	2/4	Fetcho	Electrical properties of neurons I	Problem set Drenth, J.P.H., & Waxman, S.G. 2007
3	2/4-2/8	2/11	Fetcho	Exploring ion channel function with Drosophila mutants	Fruitfly Lab; Handout Fruitfly Read Me Fruitfly Data
4	2/11-2/15	2/11	Harris-Warrick	Synaptic excitation and inhibition	Problem set KEY
5	2/18-2/22	2/18	Harris-Warrick	Synaptic function, neuromodulation	Problem set KEY
6	2/25-2/29		TA Choice	TBA	TBA
7	3/3-3/7	3/3	Bass	Brain Lab	Handout
8	3/10-3/14	3/10	Bass	How accurate is the popular press?	Assignment Reading 1 Reading 2
	3/17-3/21			Spring Break
9	3/24-3/28	3/24	Hopkins	Understanding Lateral Inhibition	Handout
10	3/31-4/4	3/31	Hopkins	Molecular basis for hearing (doi:10.1038/nature06091)	Kazmierczak et al (2007) Handout
11	4/7-4/11	4/7	Hoy	Epilepsy, Language and Communication	Handout
12	4/14-4/18	4/14	Hoy	Learning and Memory	Handout Reading: Sahakian, B. and Morein-Zamir, S. (2007) New York Times: Benedict Carey 030708
13	4/21-4/25	4/21	Booker	Fruitfly Interactive Lab	Fruitly Lab Data File Read me File
14	4/28-5/2		Booker	Fruitfly follow-up	TBA

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