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Tentative Class Schedule for Fall 2011*

Date	Topics	Readings
Aug. 24 Lecture pdf	Course Introduction, Neurons and Glia	Chapters 1 & 2
Aug. 31 Lecture pdf	Membrane Potential and the Action Potential	Chapters 3 & 4
Sept.7 Lecture pdf	Synaptic Transmission and Neurotransmitter Systems	Chapters 5 & 6
Sept. 14	EXAM 1
Sept. 21 Lecture pdf	Structure of the Nervous System	Chapter 7
Sept. 28 Prelab lecture pdf	Structure of the Nervous System Lab Supplement on Cortex Sheep brain and spinal cord x-sections 1,2,3,4,5,6 7, Cow spinal cord x-section 1,2	Chapter 7 appendix Neuro Lab Cranial Nerves
Oct. 5 Lecture pdf	The Chemical Senses and the Eye (the eye will be covered on Oct. 19^th)	Chapters 8 & 9
Oct. 12	EXAM 2
Oct. 19 Lecture pdf	The Eye (cont.) and The Central Visual System Last day to drop the course without receiving a grade is Oct. 26	Chapters 9 & 10
Oct. 26 Lecture pdf	The Auditory and Vestibular Systems	Chapter 11
Nov. 2 Lecture pdf	Vestibular system	Chapter 12
Nov. 9 Lecture pdf	Vestibular System (cont.), The Somatic Sensory System
Nov. 16 Lecture pdf	The Control of Movement	Chapters 13 & 14
Nov. 23	NO CLASS TODAY!
Nov. 30 Lecture pdf	Behavior and Emotion, Brain Rhythms	Chapters 15 & 18 Chapters 19 & 24
Dec. 7	EXAM 3	Example exam

*NOTE: This lecture schedule is intended as a general guide and may be altered as necessary by the instructor.

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