週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
9/10 |
Introduction: Basic Neural Anatomy and Physiology (CIY) |
Week 2 |
9/17 |
Methods in Visual and Somatosensory Neuroscience (CIY) |
Week 3 |
9/24 |
Visual Basic: Photoreceptors and Visual Pathway (CIY)
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Week 4 |
10/01 |
Somatosensory Basic: Overview (YCP)
Primary reading: Biological Psychology Ch 8 (power point included) |
Week 5 |
10/08 |
Retina (CIY); Primary reading: Masland 2001, Nature Neuroscience, 4:877-886.
Student presentation (Lala 尚徵儀): Hofer et al 2005, Journal of Neuroscience, 25:9669-9779. |
Week 6 |
10/15 |
Visual Thalamus – Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (CIY). Primary reading: Sherman 2007, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 17:417-422. Student presentation (洛雅詩): Purushothaman et al 2012 Nature Neuroscience 15:905-912. |
Week 7 |
10/22 |
Somatosensory Receptors (YCP)
Primary reading: K Johnson, 2001 Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.
Student presentation (張馨德): Loken et al. 2009 Nat Neuroscience. Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans. |
Week 8 |
10/29 |
Somatosensory Thalamus (YSP)
Primary reading: Kaas JH et. 1984 J Comp neurology 226:111-140. Student presentation (洛雅詩): Vazquez et al. Transformation of the neural code for tactile detection from thalamus to cortex PNAS 2013 |
Week 9 |
11/05 |
Midterm Exam |
Week 10 |
11/12 |
No Class [Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting] |
Week 11 |
11/19 |
Primary Visual Cortex I - Receptive Field (CIY). Primary reading: Martinez & Alonso 2003 Neuroscientist, 9:317-331. Student presentation (Lala 尚徵儀): Lien & Scanziani 2012 Nature Neuroscience 16:1315-1323. |
Week 12 |
11/26 |
Primary Visual Cortex II - Orientation Tuning (CIY). Primary reading: Ferster & Miller 2000 Annual Review Neuroscience, 23:441-471. Student presentation (Johanna): Gilad et al 2013 Neuron 78:389-402. |
Week 13 |
12/03 |
Primary Visual Cortex III - Color (CIY). Primary reading: Shapley & Hawken 2011 Vision Research, 51:701-717. Student presentation (Marilon): Stoughton et al 2012 Journal of Neuroscience 32:15216-15226. |
Week 14 |
12/10 |
Primary Visual Cortex. Student Presentation I (Jannie):Nauhaus et al 2012 Nature Neuroscience 15:1683-1690; Student presentation II (Johanna): Freeman et al 2013 Nature Neuroscience 16:974-981 |
Week 15 |
12/17 |
Primary Somatosensory Cortex I - Organization (YCP). Primary reading: Kaas, J. H., et al. 1979. Science, 204, 521-523. Student presentation (Marilon): Friedman et al., 2004, PNAS. |
Week 16 |
12/24 |
Primary Somatosensory Cortex II - Orientation Tuning (YCP). Primary reading: Bensmaia SJ, et al. 2008 J Neurosci 28:776-786. Fitzgerald et al. 2006 J Neurosci. Student presentation (Jannie): Bensmaia et al. The tactile perception of stimulus orientation. Somato and Motor Res. 2008 |
Week 17 |
12/31 |
Primary Somatosensory Cortex III - Motion tuning (YCP). Primary reading: Pei,Y.C., et al. 2010 PLoS. Biol. 8, e1000305. Student presentation (張馨德): Pei,Y.C., et al. 2011 Neuron. |
Week 18 |
1/7 |
Final Exam |