Spring 2019 BBB109 Syllabus PDF

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Introduction to Brain and Behavior, Spring 2019 Tues & Thurs 1:30-3pm, Levin Auditorium Labs/Recitations, Leidy 104 Instructor: Dr. Julie McGurk, [email protected], 215-898-2126 Office: room 144 Van Pelt Library in the Center for Teaching and Learning suite Office Hours: Mondays 10:30-11:30am and Wednesdays 1:30-2:30pm Lab Coordinator: Dr. Mike Kaplan, [email protected] Teaching Assistants: Mary Schreck Michelle Klima Jennifer Stiso David White Kevin Goff Aaron Williams Jared Zimmerman Sydney Cason Daniel Schonhaut

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Recitation/Lab Head TA T 9-10:30 (402) T 10:30-12 (403) T 12-1:30 (404) T 3-4:30 (405) T 4:30-6 (406) F 10:30-12 (407) F 12-1:30 (408) F 3-4:30 (409)

Textbook: Bear, Connors, and Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 4th ed. ISBN: 9780781778176. Course Description: This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the nervous system, focusing on the structure and function of the human brain. We will begin with the physiology of the cells of the nervous system and build to understand the structure and functions of the nervous system at an organismal level. Finally, we will discuss how the nervous system develops and changes as we age, and how mental illness manifests itself through aberrations in this process. This course is designed to be interactive. Lectures will be supplemented by in-class activities and Poll Everywhere questions, recitation discussions will be directed by your quiz performance and questions, and labs are meant to give you a more hands-on experience with the material. Course Goals: Our goals are to support you in developing the skills: • to understand and explain how common principals govern the organization and function of seemingly disparate systems and processes • to understand and apply the basics of experimental design and select experimental techniques • to be able to build and modify models of scientific concepts and processes • to be able to think through the consequences of disrupting or modifying a biological process Canvas (https://canvas.upenn.edu/courses/1346804): This site has been set up to facilitate student participation and communication. Quizzes, lecture slides, lecture recordings, labs, and any supplemental files can be found on this site. Course announcements will be the primary form of communication, so please set notifications in Canvas so that you receive messages in a timely fashion. Labs/Recitations: Six of the weekly recitations will be a lab. You may not attend a

lab/recitation that you are not signed up for without the permission of the Head TA or the Instructor. In preparation for recitation, you are required to take a quiz on each day’s material on Canvas by 11:59pm after each class (Tuesday and Thursday).

Date

Topic

Reading

Jan. 17th

Intro/ Cell Biology

Ch.2: p.24-7, 38-46, 49, & 52-3

Jan. 22nd

The Resting Membrane Potential

Ch.3: p.56-9 & 64-78; Ch.4: p.88-90

Jan. 24th

Generation and Conduction of Action Potentials Ch.4: p. 82-6 & 90-107

Jan. 29th

Voltage Clamp

Jan. 31st

Synaptic Transmission and Integration

Ch.5: p.119-141

Feb. 5th

Neurotransmitters

Ch.6: p.144-163

Feb. 7th

Receptors and Synaptic Plasticity

Ch.6: p.163-77; Ch.23: p.814-18

Feb. 12th

Review

Feb. 14th Feb. 19th

EXAM 1 (1/17-2/7 material) CNS Structure, Cortical Maps, and Receptive Fields

Feb. 21st

Sensory Pathways

Feb. 26th

Signal Transduction- Smell and Vision

Ch.7: p.180-6 & 205-214; Ch. 9: p.320-1; Ch. 10: p. 342-3; Ch.12: p. 431-3 Ch.8: p.284-7; Ch.10: p.332-47 & 354-65; Ch. 11: p.388-91; Ch.12: p. 416-31 Ch.8: p.278-85; Ch.9: p.294-6, 304-16, & 319-29

Feb. 28th

Signal Transduction- Audition

Ch.11: p.370-89

Mar. 12

Stimulus Encoding

Mar. 14th

Encoding and Executing Movement

Mar. 19th Mar. 21st

Integration of Sensation and Movement Autonomic Nervous System and the Hypothalamus

Ch.8: p.287-91; Ch.11: p.388-99 Ch.13: p.454-60 &464-8; Ch.14: p.491498 & p.505-510 Ch.13: p.469-78; Ch.14: p.498-505 & 510516

Mar. 26th

Review

Mar. 28th

EXAM 2 (2/19-3/19 material)

Apr. 2nd

Development

Ch.23: p.784-813 & 818-820

Apr. 4th

Learning and Memory

5

Apr. 9th

Diffuse Modulatory Systems and Motivation

Ch.24 Ch.15: p.538-548; Ch. 16: p.552-553 & 566-577

Apr. 11th

Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Ch.19: p.646-655 & 658-682

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Apr. 16th

Sex and the Brain

Ch.17

Apr. 18th

Mental Illness

Ch.22

Apr. 23rd

Review

Apr. 25th

EXAM 3 (3/21-4/23 material)

Apr. 30th

Review for final

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May 13th CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM 9-11am Other dates to note: Jan. 21st is a University Holiday Feb. 22nd the drop period ends

Lab

1

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3

Ch.15: p.522-538

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Mar. 2nd – 10 th is Spring Break April 5th is the last day to withdraw

Grading: There will be 3 short-answer exams during the semester (2/14, 3/28, and 4/25) in addition to a cumulative final exam (TBD). Participation is required and is a part of the grade for this course. Your class participation grade will be based on your attendance and participation in labs/recitations and answering Poll Everywhere questions in lecture, starting Jan. 22nd. Poll Everywhere questions will not be graded on whether or not they are answered correctly. Your lecture quizzes grade will be based on your performance on the bi-weekly quizzes, which will provide feedback on your understanding of the material in preparation for recitation. Your lab assignments grades will be based on the assignments associated with the lab activities that we will have throughout the semester. Grades will be calculated as follows: Exams (best 2 out of 3) Class Participation Lecture Quizzes Lab Assignments Final Exam

50% 5% 5% 5% 35%

Numerical grades will be converted into letter grades as follows: 93-100 A 90-92 A87-89 B+ 83-86 B 80-82 B77-79 C+ 73-76 C 70-72 C67-69 D+ 60-66 D 0-59 F

Other Class Policies: • Poll Everywhere Policies: You must register with Poll Everywhere by Jan. 18th (see Canvas for more details). Answers to Poll Everywhere questions are considered an indicator of your participation in the larger class discussion, therefore you MUST be present in class to answer these questions. If you are found to be responding to questions while not present in class or if someone is answering these questions for you, this will be considered a misrepresentation of your work and you will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct. You will need to bring an electronic device (smartphone, tablet, laptop) that can open a web browser to class everyday to answer Poll Everywhere questions. If you do not have a device to use for this purpose, please let me or the Head TA know as soon as possible. If you forget your device or it is not working, please let me or the Head TA know either before or after class and your participation for the day will be counted. If you do not have a working device more than 5 times, you will no longer be given credit for participation. It is your responsibility to make sure your device is charged in preparation for class. •

Lecture Absences: If you answer less than 75% of Poll Everywhere questions per day you will be counted as absent, and therefore receive no credit for participation for the day. You are allowed up to 4 absences from lecture during the semester for any reason. After 4 absences, points will be deducted from your participation grade. Extenuating circumstances, such as a extended illness, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Recitation/Lab Absences: Recitations/labs can only be missed for last minute excused absences, such as illness or severe inclement weather. If you have a conflict with the recitation/lab due to curricular or extracurricular activities, personal obligations, or religious holidays please let your TA and the head TA know as soon as possible to make arrangements to attend a different section or make up the recitation/lab with your TA.

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Technology Etiquette: Although we will be using electronic devices in class, they should not be audible during class. If you are using a smartphone to answer Poll Everywhere questions, if possible, turn it to airplane mode. Close other websites and email during class to keep you and those around you from being distracted. If someone sitting near you is distracting you, feel free to let them know. Although you are welcome to use computers or tablets for notetaking, I would suggest taking notes on the handouts provided in class because I will often annotate figures. Looking at ANY electronic device during an exam will be considered an act of cheating and reported to the Office of Student Conduct. Therefore, it is in your best interest to make sure that such devices are turned off and in your bag before an exam.

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Exams: There will be no makeup exams, unless there is an extenuating circumstance and at least two exams will be missed. Only the top two exams scores will count toward your final grade tabulation. It is within your right to request that an exam question be regraded. Any such request should be given in writing to the Head TA within one week after an exam is returned, explaining why you believe it should be regraded. Once you start an exam, you may not leave the room and return. All exams must be handed in to your recitation TA.

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Email Etiquette: Your TAs and I will do our best to respond to emails within 24 hours, although over weekends and holidays it may be longer. Course content questions are best asked in recitation, at office hours, in tutoring, or with your study buddy, not through email.

Accommodations: Students with a documented disability from Student Disability Services will receive all necessary accommodations. If there is anything that we can do for anyone (with or without documented needs) to make the learning environment better, please let us know so that we can discuss the feasibility of making suggested changes. Academic Integrity: We expect you to act with academic integrity in accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s Code of Academic Integrity, which defines academic dishonesty as “activities that have the effect or intention of interfering with education, pursuit of knowledge, or fair evaluation of a student’s performance”. For examples see: http://www.upenn.edu/provost/PennBook/academic_integrity_code_of Any act of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct. How to do well in this course: This is a challenging course, and it is a challenge that you are all capable of meeting with an investment of time, effort, and reflection on your approach to the class. We are happy to support you in this learning process- please reach out to us if you haven’t figured out the best way to approach the course or you are particularly stuck on understanding course content. Let us know as soon as possible if something is interfering with your ability to do well in this course (e.g., a big life event, extended illness, etc.)- we are happy to help you navigate your options and connect you with resources if needed. To get started, here are some general suggestions for approaching the course: • Do the reading (skim for big ideas before class and read for important details after class) • Participate in class and recitations by answering questions and asking questions • Use lecture quizzes as a way to identify what you don’t understand • Test yourself with practice exams or by making up new questions or by drawing a process • Come to office hours (preferably with questions in hand) • Go to tutoring at the Tutoring Center and weekly sessions • Seek academic support at the Weingarten Resource Center • Find a study buddy...