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Chapter review questions are from the following course text: Amazon logo Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0683305964.

lec # TOPICS Key dates
1 Introduction
2 Cellular Neuroanatomy
3-5 Cellular Neurophysiology
6-8 Synaptic Transmission Chapters 2-4 review questions due
Exam 1
9-10 Brain Anatomy Chapters 5-6 review questions due
11-13 Vision
14-15 Audition
16-17 Somatic Sensation Paper I due
Exam 2
18-19 Chemical Control of Brain
20-22 Motor System
23 Motivation
24 Emotion
25-26 Mental Illness Paper II due
27-28 Sleep
29-30 Brain Development
31-32 Language Paper III due
33-34 Learning and Memory
Final Exam