Systems Neuroscience
Course Director: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
This course is a graduate-level treatment of neural processing at a system level. The first section of the course will cover learning processes in invertebrates, including sensitization, habituation, classical conditioning, and associative learning, with an emphasis on cellular and molecular bases. This section will also include discussions on the genetic approaches to learning processes as well as computer simulations. The second section will emphasize learning and memory processes at sensory and motor levels, using different animal species. The final section of the course will deal with higher cognitive processes, including the neural bases of procedural versus declarative memory, spatial learning, working memory, and attention processes. The course comprises formal lectures and student presentations of original papers.
Grades will be based on three exams. Each will be problem-based, take-home, and open-note.
No textbooks are required. Students will be provided in advance with 2-3 original papers on a given topic.
Systems Neuroscience Course Calendar
Block 1
DATE |
TIME |
TOPIC |
INSTRUCTOR |
Jan 10, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Jan 12, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Patrick Dougherty |
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Jan 12, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Patrick Dougherty |
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Jan 17, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Shin Nagayama |
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Jan 17, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Shin Nagayama | |
Jan 19, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Michael Beierlein |
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Jan 19, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 | Cortical circuits (feedforward circuits)
(same file as above) |
Michael Beierlein |
Jan 24, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
Cortical circuits (recurrent circuits, canonical microcircuits) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Jan 26, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Jan 27, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Ariana Andrei |
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Jan 31, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Ariana Andrei |
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Feb 2, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
EXAM 1 |
Block 2
DATE |
TIME |
TOPIC |
INSTRUCTOR |
Feb 7, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Feb 7, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Feb 9, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Cortical processing (non-linear properties of cortical responses) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Feb 9, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Cortical processing: Extra-classical receptive field influences |
Valentin Dragoi |
Feb 14, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Feb 14, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Multiple-electrode recording (multiple single units, LFPs, EEG), pt. 1 (Update 2/15/2023) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Feb 16, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Multiple-electrode recording (multiple single units, LFPs, EEG), pt. 2 (Update 2/15/2023) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Feb 16, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Feb 21, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Feb 21, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Feb 23, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Feb 23, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
(Update 2/23/2023) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Feb 28, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
(Update 2/28/2023) |
Patrick Dougherty |
Mar 2, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
(Update 3/01/2023) |
Michael Beierlein |
Mar 2, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
(Update 3/01/2023) |
Michael Beierlein |
Mar 7, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Olfactory system |
Shin Nagayama |
Mar 7, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Association cortex (overview: parietal, temporal, prefrontal, etc.) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Mar 9, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Association cortex (overview: parietal, temporal, prefrontal, etc.) |
Valentin Dragoi |
Mar 9, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Mar 21, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Mar 23, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Mar 28, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
EXAM 2 |
Block 3
DATE |
TIME |
TOPIC |
INSTRUCTOR |
Mar 30, 2023 |
10:45 – 11:45 |
John Byrne |
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Mar 30, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Apr 4, 2023 | 10:45 – 11:45 |
Harel Shouval |
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Apr 4, 2023 |
11:45 – 12:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Apr 6, 2023 |
10:45 – 12:45 |
Valentin Dragoi |
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Apr 11, 2023 | 10:45 – 12:45 | Recovery from Neural Injury (Update 27 Apr 23) |
Ariana Andrei |
Apr 13, 2023 | 10:45 – 11:45 | Impact of Brain State on Neural Responses |
Valentin Dragoi |
Apr 13, 2023 | 11:45 – 12:45 | Intro to Sleep | Intro to Circadian
Konopka | Reinke | Scamell | Rijo-Ferreira |
Russel Milton |
Apr 18, 2023 | 10:45 – 11:45 | Intro to Sleep | Intro to Circadian
Konopka | Reinke | Scamell | Rijo-Ferreira |
Russel Milton |
Apr 18, 2023 | 11:45 – 12:45 | Neural Circuits of Stress (Updated 17 Apr 23) |
Fabricio H. Do Monte |
Apr 20, 2023 | 10:45 – 12:45 | Fear and Anxiety (Updated 20 Apr 23)
Tovote | Calhoun | Daviu | Alvares | Do Monte et al |
Fabricio H. Do Monte |
Apr 25, 2023 | 10:45 – 12:45 | Neural Circuits of Reward (Updated 20 Apr 23) |
Fabricio H. Do Monte |
Apr 27, 2023 |
10:45-12:45 |
Exam 3 |
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May 2, 2023 |
10:45-12:45 |
Group Presentations |
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May the 4th B w/U, 2023 |
10:45-12:45 |
Conclusions |
Valentin Dragoi |