BioS 347 and 497 - Neuroanatomy Part II

Instructor: Jennifer Swann
Office: Iacocca Hall, Room D215
Telephone: 610-758-5484
FAX: 610-758-4004
Email: jms5@lehigh.edu

Course Syllabus

Week / Topic

Week 1 Review of Neuroanatomy

Week 2 Neural Networks and Library

Week 3 Circadian rhythms/photoperiodism

Week 4 Sex behavior: male

Week 5 Sex behavior: female

Week 6 No class Monday! But Wednesday is Monday schedule

Week 7 Maternal Behavior

Week 8 Aggression

Week 9 Aggression/ Feeding Drinking

Week 10 NS meeting and prepare for presentations

Week 11 Feeding and drinking

Week 12 Introduction to learning and memory/ Presentations learning and memory

Week 13 Presentations learning and memory (cont’d)/ Introduction to reward

Week 14 Presentations on reward

 


GRADE: Your grade will be based on presentations, class participation and a final paper.

TEXT: The course will be based almost entirely on research papers. Carlson’s Physiology of Behavior is a good basic reference if you need it.