📗 -> Neural Mechanisms of Behavior
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🔶 Course Description
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Relationship between brain and behavior. Identification and analysis of the relevant neural circuits involved. Examples of systems to be considered are birdsong, locomotion, echolocation.
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Instructor:
- Natalia Caporale
📄 Class Material
Week 1 - Introduction & Orientation Movement
Week 2 - Feature Detection in Frogs & Bat Echolocation I
- Feature Detection in Frogs (Ch 7 p.140-149; Ewert 1974) - NPB162-L3
- Bat Echolocation I (Ch. 5 p.91-104; Suga 1990) - NPB162-L4
Week 3 - Bat Echolocation II & Barn Owl Sound Localization I
- Bat Echolocation II (Ch. 5 p.91-104; Suga 1990) - NPB162-L5
- Barn Owl Sound Localization I (Ch. 7 p.149-164; Knudsen 2002) - NPB162-L6
Week 4 - Barn Owl Sound Localization II & III
- Barn Owl Sound Localization II (Ch. 7 p.149-164; Knudsen 2002) - NPB162-L7
- NPB162-HW2
- Barn Owl Activity / Birdsong Intro - NPB162-L8
Week 5 - Midterm 1 & Birdsong I
- MIDTERM EXAM 1: Introduction, Orientation Movement, Feature Detection, Barn Owl Sound Localization, Bat Echolocation (and Papers, HW)
- Communication: Birdsong I (Ch. 12 p.281-292) - NPB162-L9
Week 6 - Birdsong II & Introduction to Movement
- Communication: Birdsong II (Ch. 12 p.281-292) - NPB162-L10
- Introduction to Movement & Locomotion (Ch. 6, p.114-119) - NPB162-L11
Week 7 - Locomotion: Escape Behavior in Crayfish I & II
- Locomotion: Escape Behavior in Crayfish I (Carew, Ch7) - NPB162-L12
- Locomotion: Escape Behavior in Crayfish II (Carew, Ch7) - NPB162-L13
Week 8 - Escape Behavior in Fish & Electric Fish
- Locomotion: Escape Behavior in Fish (Sillar Ch 8) - NPB162-L14
- Electric Fish and Jamming Avoidance Response (Ch 8) - NPB162-L15
Week 9 - Midterm 2 & Spatial Navigation in Rats I
- MIDTERM EXAM 2: Birdsong, Introduction to Movement, Escape Behavior in Crayfish & Fish, Electric Fish & Jamming (and Papers, HW)
- Spatial Navigation in Rats I (Carew, Ch12) - NPB162-L16
Week 10 - Spatial Navigation in Rats II & TBD
- Spatial Navigation in Rats II (Carew, Ch12; Ch 13. P311-313) - NPB162-L17
- Olfaction - NPB162-L18