The Neuroscience Seminar, Wofford College

NEUS321 - Neuroscience Seminar - Fall 2011
Dr. Dave Pittman ~ Wednesdays ~ 12:30 - 1:50 PM ~ RMSC 221

CLASS SYLLABUS ~ LITERATURE RESOURCES

Date:	Topic / Perspective:	Reading:	Discussant:
9/7		*Bring your ideas for topics to discuss this semester*
9/14	Distracted Driving: Behavioral Level	Examining the Impact of Cell Phone Conversations on Driving Using Meta-Analytic Techniques DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone	Dr. Bopp
9/21	Distracted Driving: Physiological Level	A decrease in brain activation associated with driving when listening to someone speak	Dr. Pittman
9/28	Distracted Driving: Physiological Level	Inter-hemispheric electroencephalography coherence analysis: Assessing brain activity during monotonous driving	Dr. Pittman
10/5	Wofford College ~ Program in Neuroscience Research	Working Memory and Aging: Separating the Effects of Content and Context	Dr. Bopp
10/12	Childhood Developmental Disorders: Molecular Level	Childhood developmental disorders From genes to behavior in developmental dyslexia	Dominique Cox
10/19	Childhood Developmental Disorders: Physiological Level	Time to give up on a single explanation for autism Fragile X syndrome and autism at the intersection of genetic and neural networks	Elizabeth Garrison
10/26	Childhood Developmental Disorders: Behavioral / Systems Level	What developmental disorders can tell us about the nature and origins of language	Caroline Liddy
11/2	Wofford College ~ Program in Neuroscience Research	A pilot study of sleep, cognition, and respiration under 4 weeks of intermittent nocturnal hypoxia in adult humans	Dr. Davis
11/9	CNS Recovery from Trauma: Molecular Level	Conditional ablation of Stat3 or Socs3 discloses a dual role for reactive astrocytes after spinal cord injury STAT3 is a Critical Regulator of Astrogliosis and Scar Formation after Spinal Cord Injury	Joseph McAbee
11/16	CNS Recovery from Trauma: Physiological Level	Glial inhibition of CNS axon regeneration Comparison of the effects of pulsed and continuous wave light on axonal regeneration in a rat model of spinal cord injury	Dr. Pittman
11/30	CNS Recovery from Trauma: Behavioral Level	Axon Regeneration Can Facilitate or Suppress Hindlimb Function after Olfactory Ensheathing Glia Transplantation	Hannah Rapport
12/7	Wofford College ~ Program in Neuroscience Research	Membrane Estrogen Receptor- Interactions with Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1a Modulate Female Sexual Receptivity in Rats. Estrogen Receptor Review (for your reference)	Dr. Hettes

Click below to e-mail the faculty associated with the Program in Neuroscience:
Dr. Kara Bopp	Dr. G.R. Davis	Dr. Stacey Hettes	Dr. John Moeller	Dr. Dave Pittman	Dr. Alliston Reid

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Here is a link to the Program in Neuroscience requirements.
Participation in two semesters of the neuroscience seminar is required for completion of the program.

Here is a list of the topics discussed in previous seminars: