1. Queens college Behavioral Neuroscience Spring 2012
Psychology 243
All lectures and study guide sheets are posted on BlackBoard. You must have access to BlackBoard.
Text: Neuroscience Exploring the Brain. Mark R. Bear,
Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Third Edition, 2007.
ISBN # 0-7817-6003-8
I have seen other courses using different books
Lecture Date Topic Reading/PowerPoint
Cellular Neuroscience
1 1/31 Introduction, Neurons and glia Ch 1, 2
2 2/7 Membrane potential Ch 3
* 2/14 no class
3 2/21 Action potential Ch 4
4 2/28 Synapses Ch 5
5 3/7 Exam 1: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 (Not Ch. 1) 10:15-1:05, rm C203
Systems Neuroscience
6 3/14 Structure of the nervous system Ch 7
7 3/21 Neurotransmitter systems Ch 6
* 3/28 Spring break – no class
Behavior
8 4/4 Hearing and vestibular system Ch 11
9 4/11 Language Ch 20
10 4/18 Exam 2: Chapters 6, 7, 11, 20 10:15-1:05, rm C203
11 4/25 Mental Illness Ch 22
12 5/2 Memory systems Ch 24
13 5/9 Brain Rhythms, Sleep Ch 19
14 5/16 Emotion Ch 18
15 5/23 Exam 3: Chapters 22, 24, 19, 18 11:00-1:00, rm C203
Exam I and II bit hard (lot of bio information) Exam III get easier in terms of material .
free Study guide
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