NS201C | Spring 2018

Directors: Andrea Hasenstaub and Dev Manoli

Time: 9:00am-11:00am unless otherwise noted

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Topic: Retina
Instructor: Felice Dunn
Location: MH-2109

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Topic: Visual Cortex
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Location: MH-2109

Friday, April 6, 2018

Topic: Thalamus Basic Physiology
Instructor: Massimo Scanziani
Location: MH-2109

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Topic: Retina Discussion
Instructor: Felice Dunn
Location: MH-1105

Topic: Thalamus Basic Physiology
Instructor: Massimo Scanziani
Location: MH-2109

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Topic: Visual Cortex Discussion
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Location: MH-1405

Topic: Thalamus Basic Physiology
Discussion Paper 1: Yu (NatNeuro)
Discussion Paper 2: Bruno (Science)
Instructor: Massimo Scanziani
Location: MH-2109

Friday, April 13, 2018

Topic: TBD
Instructor: Christoph Schreiner
Location: MH-2109

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Topic: Retina Discussion
Instructor: Felice Dunn
Location: MH-1105

Topic: Retina Discussion
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Location: MH-2109

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Topic: Maps
Instructor: Michael Brainard
Location: MH-2107

Friday, April 20, 2018

Topic: Visual Cortex and Psychophysics
Instructor: Michael Stryker
Location: MH-2109

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Topic: TBD discussion
Instructor: Christoph Schreiner
Location: MH-1105

Topic: Maps discussion
Instructor: Michael Brainard
Location: MH-2109

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Topic: TBD discussion
Instructor: Christoph Schreiner
Location: MH-1405

Topic: Maps discussion
Instructor: Michael Brainard
Location: MH-2109

Friday, April 27, 2018

Topic: Imaging
Instructor: Mazen Kheirbek
Location: MH-2109

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Topic: Hippocampus
Instructor: Loren Frank
Location: MH-2109

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Topic: Imaging discussion
Instructor: Mazen Kheirbek
Location: MH-1105

Topic: Hippocampus discussion
Instructor: Loren Frank
Location: MH-2107

Friday, May 4, 2018

Topic: Imaging discussion
Instructor: Mazen Kheirbek
Location: MH-1105

Topic: Hippocampus discussion
Instructor: Loren Frank
Location: :MH-2109

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Topic: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
Instructor: Saul Kato
Location: MH-2109

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Topic: Cognitive Neuroscience & Methodology in Humans
Background Reading 1: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Working Memory
Background Reading 2:Functional MRI: Approaches to Cognitive Neuroscience Applications
Optional Reading: An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function
Instructor: Andrew Kayser
Location: MH-2107

Friday, May 11, 2018

Topic: Intrroduction to Computational Neuroscience discussion
Instructor: Saul Kato
Location: MH-2109

REFERENCE FOR LECTURE: 
Kato Thesis 2013 Chapter 1 Excerpt
Vehicles_Braintenberg
Can A Biologis Fix a Radio?
Histogram Eq_Laughlin

OPTIONAL, SUGGEST SKIMMING: 
Modeling_HodgkinHuxley
Deep Learning and Neuroscience

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Topic: Basal Ganglia Anatomy, Physiology and Function
Instructor: Anatol Kreitzer
Location: MH-2109

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Topic: Cognitive Neuroscience & Methodology in Humans discussion
Instructor: Andrew Kayser
Location: MH-2107

DISCUSSION PAPERS:
Badre_JOCN2007
Bettencourt_NN2016

Friday, May 18, 2018

Topic: Plasticity
Instructor: Alexandra Nelson
Location: MH-2109

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Topic: Pain Part 1 and Part 2
Instructor: Allan Basbaum
Location: MH-2109

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Topic: Cognitive
Instructor: Vikaas Sohal
Location: MH-2109

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Topic: Pain discussion
Instructor: Allan Basbaum
Location: MH-2107

Friday, May 25, 2018

Topic: Pain discussion
Instructor: Allan Basbaum
Location: MH-2109

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Topic: Plasticity
Background Reading: Button 2013
Problem Set
Instructor: Alexandra Nelson
Location: MH-2109

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Topic: Plasticity discussion
Discussion Papers: Peters & Komiyama 2014 and Yang & Lisberger 2014
Instructor: Alexandra Nelson
Location: MH-1405

Topic: Cognitive discussion
Optional background reading on gamma oscillations
Instructor: Vikaas Sohal
Location: MH-2109

Friday, June 1, 2018

Topic: Plasticity discussion
Instructor: Alexandra Nelson
Location: MH-1105

Topic: Cognitive discussion
Instructor: Vikaas Sohal
Location: MH-2109

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Topic: Basal Ganglia Anatomy, Physiology and Function Discussion
Instructor: Anatol Kreitzer
Location: MH-2109

Friday, June 8, 2018

Topic: Basal Ganglia Anatomy, Physiology and Function Discussion
Instructor: Anatol Kreitzer
Location: MH-2109

Monday, June 18, 2018

Topic: Decoding Movement Intentions Using a Brain-Machine Interface
Instructor: Karunesh Ganguly
Location: MH-1407
Discussion Paper