Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
Spring 2007
Course Instructor, Emilie Rissman, efr2f@virginia.edu
Course Administrator, Tracy Mourton, tlm2x@virginia.edu
Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30-3:00
Biochemistry Library, Rm. 6006
Date Topic
1/18 Organizational Meeting
1/23 Sexual Differentiation, Puberty & Neuroendocrinology (Emilie Rissman)
Rissman #1
Rissman #2
Rissman #3
Rissman #4
1/25 Sexually Dimorphic Social Behaviors (Emilie Rissman)
Rissman #1
Rissman #2
Rissman #3
1/30 Neuroethology (Masashi Kawasaki)
Kawasaki #1
Kawasaki #2
Kawasaki #3
2/1 Discussion- 3 presentations
2/6 Evolution/Animal Behavior (Butch Brody)
Brodie #1
Brodie #2
Brodie #3
2/8 Energy Balance and Stress (Chien Li)
Li #1
Li #2
Li #3
2/13 What is wrong with my mouse ? (Jacki Crawley, NIMH)
Crawley #1
Crawley #2
Crawley #3
Crawley #4
2/15 Discussion - 3 presentations
2/20 Biological Rhythms (Mike Menaker)
Menaker #1
Menaker #2
Menaker #3 part 1
Menaker #3 part 2
2/22 Circadian Genetics and Behavior (Herman Wijnen)
Wijnen #1
Wijnen #2
Wijnen #3
2/27 Estrogen as a Neurotransmitter (Greg Ball, Johns Hopkins University)
Ball #1
Ball #2
3/1 Discussion - 3 presentations
3/3-3/11 ---Spring Break---
3/13 Learning and Memory (Cedric Williams)
Williams #1
Williams #2
Williams #3
3/15 Sex Differences in Learning and Memory (Emilie Rissman)
Rissman #1
Rissman #2
3/20 Maternal Behavior (Emilie Rissman)
Rissman #1
Rissman #2
3/22 Discussion with Michael Meaney (McGill University)- 3 presentations
3/27 Antipsychotic/Antidepressive Drugs (Diane Rosin)
Choose only ONE of the following reviews:
Modeling Madness
Neurobiology of Schizophrenia
New Anti-Depressants
Read all of the following:
Rosin article #1
Commentary
Rosin article #2
Commentary
3/29 Cognition and Aging (Carol Manning)
Manning #1
Manning #2
Manning #3
4/3 Cognitive Function and Neurodegnerative Diseases (Pat Trimmer)
Trimmer #1
Trimmer #2
Trimmer #3
4/5 Discussion- 3 presentations
4/10 Emotional Processing (James Coan)
Coan #1
Coan #2
Coan #3
4/12 Depression and Hormones (Anita Clayton)
Primary papers:
1. PDF-----EW Freeman, MD Sammel, H Lin, DB Nelson. Associations of hormones and menopausal status with depressed mood in women with no history of depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2006;63:375-382.
2. PDF-----C de Novaes Soares, OP Almeida, H Joffe, LS Cohen. Efficacy of estradiol for the treatment of depressive disorders in perimenopausal women: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Arch Gen psychiatry 2001;58:529-534.
Review article: LS Cohen, CN Soares, H Joffe. Diagnosis and management of mood disorders during the menopausal transition. The American Journal of Medicine 2005;118(128):93S-97S.
4/17 Principles of Drug Addiction (Bankole Johnson)
Johnson #1
Johnson #2
Johnson #3
4/19 Behavioral Genetics (Ming Li)
Li #1
Li #2
Li #3
4/24 Sex Differences and Addiction (Wendy Lynch)
Lynch #1
Lynch #2
Lynch #3
4/26 Discussion-2 presentations
5/1 Discussion-3 presentations