Home Required Textbook Exams and Grading Lectures
| Lecture / Date | Topic | Lecturer | Chapter | |
| 1 | Jan. 16 | The Organization of the Nervous System | Bittner | 1 |
| 2 | Jan. 18 | Membrane Potentials I | Bittner | 2,3 |
| 3 | Jan. 23 | Membrane Potentials II | Bittner | 2,3 |
| 4 | Jan. 25 | Channels and Transporters | Bittner | 4 |
| 5 | Jan. 30 | Passive Membrane Properties and Action Potentials I | Bittner | 2 - 4 |
| 6 | Feb. 1 | Action Potentials II | Bittner | 2 - 4 |
| 7 | Feb. 6 | Action Potentials III and Overview of Synaptic Transmission | Bittner | 5 p.99 - 101 |
| 8 | Feb. 8 | Metabolic Properties of Nerve Cells | Bittner | Handout |
| 9 | Feb. 13 | Development of Nervous System | Bittner | 21,22 |
| 10 | Feb. 15 | Neuronal Regeneration | Bittner | Handout |
| Feb. 20 | Prelim I | |||
| 11 | Feb. 22 | Molecular Biology of the Action Potential I | Zhang | 4 |
| 12 | Feb. 27 | Molecular Biology of the Action Potential II | Zhang | 4 |
| 13 | Mar. 1 | Ion Channels and Disease | Zhang | Handout |
| 14 | Mar. 6 | Other Ion Channels and Intrinsic Membrane Properties of Neurons | Zhang | Handout |
| 15 | Mar. 8 | Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission I | Zhang | 5 |
March 13 & 15: No Lectures. Happy Spring Break! |
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| 16 | Mar. 20 | Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission II | Zhang | 5 |
| 17 | Mar. 22 | Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission III | Zhang | 5 |
| 18 | Mar. 27 | Neurochemistry | Zhang | 6 |
| 19 | Mar. 29 | Molecular Biology of Ligand-gated Ion Channels | Zhang | 7 |
| 20 | Apr. 3 | Second Messengers and Neuromodulation | Zhang | 8 |
| Apr. 5 | Prelim II | |||
| 21 | Apr. 10 | Synaptic Plasticity, Learning and Memory I | Zhang | 25 |
| 22 | Apr. 12 | Synaptic Plasticity, Learning, and Memory II | Zhang | 25 |
| 23 | Apr. 17 | Muscle Physiology I | Zhang | Handout |
| 24 | Apr. 19 | Muscle Physiology II | Bittner | Handout |
| 25 | Apr. 24 | Sensory Transduction; Somatosensory System | Bittner | 9 |
| 26 | Apr. 26 | The Visual System I | Bittner | 11 |
| 27 | May 1 | The Visual System II | Bittner | 12 |
| 28 | May 3 | Development and Regeneration of the Visual System | Bittner | 12 |
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