BIOL 4120: Neurobiology

Spring 2011

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Instructor:

Dr. Barbara Musolf
Phone: (678) 466-4851
Fax: (678) 466-4899
E-mail: BarbaraMusolf@clayton.edu
Homepage: http://a-s.clayton.edu/bmusolf/

Office: Faculty Hall A 16C

Office hours: Monday 9:30 am to noon and 12:30 to 2:30 pm; Friday 10:30 to 11:30 am and 1:00 to 3:00 pm; or by appointment

Class Meetings: TR 5:00 to 6:15 pm in U331

 

 

 

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Final Exam: May 5 at 12:30 Will include Chapter 13 and 14. Finished Study Guide

April 28: Papers or  NIA advanced tutorial is due on a neurobiology disease. Presentations need to be finished by this time.  Extra credit if you find someone who has a neurological disease and presents their case with their permission. Please contact me to schedule a presentation. Rubrics soon to come. Rubric

April 21: Exam 3 on Chapters 12-13 Study guide

April 19: Neuroanatomical functions

April 14: Neuroanatomy quiz 3 pages 222-226

April 12: Neuroanatomy quiz 2 pages 214 to 221

March 29: Exam 2 Study Guide

February 17: Exam 1 Study Guide

February 15: Neurons in Action Assignment due.  Posted on Georgia View

January 18: Please have your Neurons in Action installed on your computer and read about the layout of the panels and graphs.  Use the text to start working through the "Introduction to Neurons in Action" tutorial.

Read about Ramon Y Cajal famous neuroanatomist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his work on the Neuron Theory.

Questions for Chapter 1:  Review the history of studies of the nervous system and determine at what level (molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, or cognitive) these studies take place. At a meeting I attended last week, a new field of neuroscience was discussed, neuroecology.  What do you think a neuroecologist studies?

Questions for Chapter 2: What cellular structures are unique to neurons and what unique functions do they carry out? How are the axons, dendrites and cell soma different, anatomically and functionally from one another?

Good online Neuroanatomy Atlas