The Neuroscience Seminar, Wofford College

NEUS322 - Neuroscience Seminar - Spring 2013
Dr. Dave Pittman ~ Wednesdays ~ 12:30 - 1:50 PM ~ RMSC 221

CLASS SYLLABUS ~ LITERATURE RESOURCES

Date:	Topic / Perspective:	Reading:	Discussant:
2/6		*Bring your ideas for topics to discuss this semester*	Dr. Pittman
2/13	Love in the Brain Systems-Level	Lending a Hand: Social Regulation of the Neural Response to Threat	Dr. Pittman
2/20	Love in the Brain Physiological-Level	Acetaminophen Reduces Social Pain : Behavioral and Neural Evidence Opioids: From Physical Pain to the Pain of Social Isolation	Dr. Pittman
2/27	Love in the Brain Molecular-Level	Brain Regional Neuropeptide Changes Resulting From Social Defeat	Lindsay Larkin
3/6	Wofford College ~ Program in Neuroscience Research	The effect of arousal on the emotional memory network depends on valence.	Dr. Katherine Steinmetz
3/13	Sex in the Brain Molecular-Level	Sex Chromosomes and Brain Gender	Jackson Scott
3/20	Sex in the Brain Molecular-Level	Let's Talk about Sex The ram as a model for behavioral neuroendocrinology Brokeback Mutton	Julia Tyson
3/27	Sex in the Brain Behavioral-Level	Gender-related differences in lateralization of hippocampal activation and cognitive strategy	Jessie Cart
4/10	Wofford College ~ Program in Neuroscience Research	Whole-brain functional imaging at cellular resolution using light-sheet microscopy	Dr. John Moeller
4/17	Humor in the Brain Systems-Level	Neural correlates of laughter and humour Laughing, grooming, and pub science	Line Rahman
4/24	Humor in the Brain Molecular-Level	Social laughter is correlated with an elevated pain threshold The effect of mirthful laughter on the human cardiovascular system	Brenton Mahaffey
5/1	Humor in the Brain Physiological-Level	Laughter and electroencephalographic activity Sex differences in brain activation elicited by humor	Dr. Pittman
5/8	Wofford College ~ Program in Neuroscience Research	Some reflections on the relevance of fractals for art therapy	Dr. GR Davis

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	Dr. Katherine Steinmetz

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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: