NBDS5114)
Course Description: This course consists of lectures, assigned readings and student presentations that cover the structure, function and development of cells of the nervous system, the basic principles of the physiology of excitable cells, and synaptic transmission.

Syllabus 2011-2015, for current year, please go to main webpage
Spring 2015: Instructors


Abdallah Hayar	David Davies	Steve Barger	Dwight Pierce	Michael Borrelli	Kim Light	John Greenfield	Mahmoud Kiaei

Spring 2015: Syllabus - (bolded text indicates that lectures/reading have been updated compared to previous year)

Session	Day	Date	Time	Location	Reading (Book/Article)	Topic - Click to download lecture/handout	Instructor
1	Mon	1/5/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Survey Results	Orientation - Survey Form	Hayar
2	Wed	1/7/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. pgs 47-58	Neuroglia & Neurovasculature I (handout)	Davies
3	Fri	1/9/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Science - Articles	Neuroglia & neurovasculature II (lecture)	Davies
4	Mon	1/12/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience Chap. 22	Neuronal Network Construction	Hayar
5	Wed	1/14/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Autonomic Nervous System	Hayar
6	Fri	1/16/15	11:30-12:20	BMII-6th floor		Central Control of the Cardiovascular System	Hayar
	Mon	1/19/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Martin Luther King Day
7	Wed	1/21/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System I	Barger
8	Fri	1/23/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 4	Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System II	Barger
9	Mon	1/26/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System III	Barger
10	Wed	1/28/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Notes	Embryology I (Lectures)	Davies
11	Fri	1/30/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 14	Embryology II	Davies
12	Mon	2/2/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 16	Neurogenesis & Migration (Neural Crest Cells)	Davies
13	Wed	2/4/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Wrap Up Session	Neurogenesis & Migration: Cerebral Cortex & Cerebellum	Davies
	Fri	2/6/15	11:30-12:20			No class - Study day
14	Mon	2/9/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #1 / EXAM	Hayar
15	Wed	2/11/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 6	Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part1	Hayar
16	Fri	2/13/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part2	Hayar
	Mon	2/16/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Presidents' Day
17	Wed	2/18/15		BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 8	Release of Neurotransmitters	Hayar
18	Fri	2/20/15	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 7	Neurotransmitters	Hayar
19	Mon	2/23/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 9	Neuroreceptors	Hayar
20	Wed	2/25/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 11	Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration	Hayar
21	Fri	2/27/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap24	Synaptic Plasticity & Memory Formation	Hayar
22	Mon	3/2/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		TBA	Hayar
23	Wed	3/4/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap14	Cellular & Developmental Aspects of Olfaction	Hayar
24	Fri	3/6/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Snow Day	Hayar
25	Mon	3/9/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Alcohol-induced alterations in cerebellar circuits	Hayar
26	Wed	3/11/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Lab: Electrophysiology & Imaging	Hayar
	Fri	3/13/15	11:30-12:20	ED2G108A/B		Review Session: Bring your questions	Hayar
27	Mon	3/16/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Sample-Test-Questions	ASSESSMENT #2 / EXAM	Hayar
28	Wed	3/18/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part1	Pierce
29	Fri	3/20/15	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Web-Resources	Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part2	Pierce
	Mon	3/23/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Wed	3/25/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Fri	3/27/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
30	Mon	3/30/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lecture	Borrelli
31	Wed	4/1/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lab	Borrelli
32	Fri	4/3/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2, 3	Neurodegenerative Disease (ALS) (pdf)	Kiaei
33	Mon	4/6/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Alzheimer) (pdf)	Kiaei
34	Wed	4/8/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Parkinson) (pdf)	Kiaei
35	Fri	4/10/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Ross & Tabrizi 2014	Neurodegenerative Disease (Huntington) (pdf)	Kiaei
36	Mon	4/13/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy I	Greenfield
	Wed	4/15/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		No class -Student Research Day
37	Fri	4/17/15	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part I	Light
38	Mon	4/20/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part II	Light
39	Wed	4/22/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain	Hayar
40	Fri	4/24/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy II	Greenfield
41	Mon	4/27/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #3 / EXAM	Hayar
42	Wed	4/29/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Agulhon-et-al. 2010	Critical Discussion of a scientific article	Hayar
43	Fri	5/1/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Anderson, Anu	Hayar
44	Mon	5/4/15	11:30-12:50	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Cathcart-Nixon, Douglas	Hayar
45	Wed	5/6/15	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Groves, Hayes	Hayar

Spring 2015: Registered Students

	Name	E-mail	Prog.	Dept.
1	Anu, Harvey	HANU@uams.edu	IBS
2	Anderson, Julie E	JANDERSON2@uams.edu	Pharmacy	Pharmaceutical Sciences
3	Cathcart, Darla	dcathcart@uca.edu	UCA	UCA - Physical Therapy
4	Douglas, JC	DouglasJC@uams.edu	NBDS	Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
5	Groves, Thomas	TRGroves@uams.edu	NBDS	Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
6	Hayes, Helen R	HRHAYES@uams.edu	NBDS	Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
7	Nixon, Michelle	nixon2013@gmail.com	UCA	UCA - Physical Therapy

Spring 2014: Instructors


Abdallah Hayar	David Davies	Steve Barger	Dwight Pierce	Michael Borrelli	Kim Light	John Greenfield	Mahmoud Kiaei

Spring 2014: Tentative Syllabus (bolded text indicates that lectures/reading have been updated compared to previous year)

Session	Day	Date	Time	Location	Reading (Book/Article)	Topic - Click to download lecture/handout	Instructor
1	Mon	1/6/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Survey Results	Orientation - Survey	Hayar
2	Wed	1/8/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. pgs 47-58	Neuroglia & Neurovasculature I (handout)	Davies
3	Fri	1/10/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Science - Articles	Neuroglia & neurovasculature II (lecture)	Davies
4	Mon	1/13/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience Chap. 12	Neuronal Network Construction	Hayar
5	Wed	1/15/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Autonomic Nervous System	Hayar
6	Fri	1/17/14	2:00-4:00	BMI 205/207		Central Control of the Cardiovascular System	Hayar
	Mon	1/20/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Martin Luther King Day
7	Wed	1/22/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System I	Barger
8	Fri	1/24/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 4	Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System II	Barger
9	Mon	1/27/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System III	Barger
10	Wed	1/29/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Notes	Embryology I (Lectures)	Davies
11	Fri	1/31/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 14	Embryology II	Davies
12	Mon	2/3/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 16	Neurogenesis & Migration (Neural Crest Cells)	Davies
13	Wed	2/5/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Wrap Up Session	Neurogenesis & Migration: Cerebral Cortex & Cerebellum	Davies
	Fri	2/7/14	11:30-12:20			No class - Study day
14	Mon	2/10/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #1 / EXAM	Hayar
15	Wed	2/12/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 6	Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part1	Hayar
16	Fri	2/14/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part2	Hayar
	Mon	2/17/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Presidents' Day
17	Wed	2/19/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 8	Release of Neurotransmitters	Hayar
18	Fri	2/21/14	11:30-12:20	BMII 6th Conf	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 7	Neurotransmitters	Hayar
19	Mon	2/24/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 9	Neuroreceptors	Hayar
20	Wed	2/26/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 11	Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration	Hayar
21	Fri	2/28/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap24	Synaptic Plasticity & Memory Formation	Hayar
22	Mon	3/3/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Snow Day
23	Wed	3/5/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap14	Cellular & Developmental Aspects of Olfaction	Hayar
24	Fri	3/7/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Alcohol-induced alterations in cerebellar circuits	Hayar
	Mon	3/10/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		No class: Study day
25	Wed	3/12/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Lab: Electrophysiology & Imaging	Hayar
26	Fri	3/14/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Review Session: Bring your questions	Hayar
27	Mon	3/17/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Sample-Test-Questions	ASSESSMENT #2 / EXAM	Hayar
28	Wed	3/19/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part1	Pierce
29	Fri	3/21/14	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Web-Resources	Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part2	Pierce
	Mon	3/24/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Wed	3/26/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Fri	3/28/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
30	Mon	3/30/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lecture	Borrelli
	Wed	4/2/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207
31	Fri	4/4/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2, 3	Neurodegenerative Disease (ALS) (pdf)	Kiaei
32	Mon	4/7/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Alzheimer) (pdf)	Kiaei
33	Wed	4/9/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Parkinson) (pdf)	Kiaei
	Fri	4/11/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207			Greenfield
34-35	Mon	4/14/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy I & II	Greenfield
36	Wed	4/16/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Ross & Tabrizi 2011	Neurodegenerative Disease (Huntington) (pdf)	Kiaei
37	Fri	4/18/14	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part I	Light
38	Mon	4/21/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part II	Light
39	Wed	4/23/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain	Hayar
40	Fri	4/25/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lab	Borrelli
41	Mon	4/28/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #3 / EXAM	Hayar
42	Wed	4/30/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Agulhon-et-al. 2010	Critical Discussion of a scientific article	Hayar
43	Fri	5/2/14	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Saffell & Shroff	Hayar
44	Mon	5/514	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Shah & Williams & Jones	Hayar

Spring 2014: Registered Students

	Name	E-mail	Prog.	Dept.
1	Shah, Sittara, B	SSHAH2@uams.edu	IBS	Pharmocology & Toxicology
2	Shroff, Madhav, K	MSHROFF@uams.edu	IBS	Physiology & Biophysics
3	Williams, Diarra, K	DWILLIAMS8@uams.edu	IBS	VCD Diversity affairs
4	Saffell, Amanda, R	ASAFFELL@uams.edu	IBS	Pharmocology & Toxicology
5	Jones, Amy	AJONES6@uams.edu	IBS

Spring 2013: Instructors


Abdallah Hayar	David Davies	Steve Barger	Gerald Dienel	Dwight Pierce	Michael Borrelli	Kim Light	John Greenfield	Elie Al-Chaer	Mahmoud Kiaei

Spring 2013: Syllabus (bolded text indicates that lectures/reading have been updated compared to previous year)

Session	Day	Date	Time	Location	Reading (Book/Article)	Topic - Click to download lecture/handout	Instructor
1	Mon	1/7/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Survey Results	Orientation - Survey	Hayar
2	Wed	1/9/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. pgs 47-58	Neuroglia & Neurovasculature I (handout)	Davies
3	Fri	1/11/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Science - Articles	Neuroglia & neurovasculature II (lecture)	Davies
4	Mon	1/14/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience Chap. 12	Neuronal Network Construction	Hayar
5	Wed	1/16/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Basic Neurochem. # 11	Neuroenergetics I (Lectures - Handout - Enlarged slides)	Dienel
6	Fri	1/18/13	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Neuroenergetics II	Dienel
	Mon	1/21/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Martin Luther King Day
7	Wed	1/23/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System I	Barger
8	Fri	1/25/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 4	Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System II	Barger
9	Mon	1/28/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System III	Barger
10	Wed	1/30/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Embryology I (Lectures)	Davies
11	Fri	2/1/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 14	Embryology II	Davies
12	Mon	2/4/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 16	Neurogenesis & Migration (Neural Crest Cells)	Davies
	Wed	2/6/13		BMI 205/207		No class - Study day
13	Fri	2/8/13	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Wrap Up Session	Neurogenesis & Migration: Cerebral Cortex & Cerebellum	Davies
14	Mon	2/11/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #1 / EXAM	Hayar
15	Wed	2/13/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 6	Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part1	Hayar
16	Fri	2/15/13	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part2	Hayar
	Mon	2/18/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Presidents' Day
17	Wed	2/20/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 8	Release of Neurotransmitters	Hayar
18	Fri	2/22/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 7	Neurotransmitters	Hayar
19	Mon	2/25/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 9	Neuroreceptors	Hayar
20	Wed	2/27/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 11	Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration	Hayar
21	Fri	3/1/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap24	Synaptic Plasticity & Memory Formation	Hayar
22	Mon	3/4/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap14	Cellular & Developmental Aspects of Olfaction	Hayar
23	Wed	3/6/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Alcohol-induced alterations in cerebellar circuits	Hayar
24	Fri	3/8/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Lab: Electrophysiology & Imaging	Hayar
25	Mon	3/11/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Review Session: Bring your questions	Hayar
	Wed	3/13/13		BMI 205/207		No class - Study day
26	Fri	3/15/13	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Sample-Test-Questions	ASSESSMENT #2 / EXAM	Hayar
	Mon	3/18/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Wed	3/20/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Fri	3/22/13	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Spring Break
27	Mon	3/25/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part1	Pierce
28	Wed	3/27/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part2	Pierce
29	Fri	3/29/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Web-Resources	MRI and Neuroimaging Lecture	Borrelli
30	Mon	4/1/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lab	Borrelli
31	Wed	4/3/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2, 3	Neurodegenerative Disease (ALS) (pdf)	Kiaei
32	Fri	4/5/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Alzheimer) (pdf)	Kiaei
33	Mon	4/8/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Parkinson) (pdf)	Kiaei
34	Wed	4/10/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Ross & Tabrizi 2011	Neurodegenerative Disease (Huntington) (pdf)	Kiaei
35	Fri	4/12/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain - Mechanisms and Pathways	Al-Chaer
36	Mon	4/15/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain - Syndromes and Modulation	Al-Chaer
37	Wed	4/17/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part I	Light
38	Fri	4/19/13	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part II	Light
39	Mon	4/22/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy I	Greenfield
40	Wed	4/24/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy II	Greenfield
	Fri	4/26/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		No class - Study day
41	Mon	4/29/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #3 / EXAM	Hayar
42	Wed	5/1/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Agulhon-et-al. 2010	Critical Discussion of a scientific article	Hayar
43	Fri	5/3/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Awichi & Zimmerman	Hayar
44	Mon	5/613	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Cooney & Donofrio	Hayar
45	Wed	5/8/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Eubanks & Fernandes	Hayar
46	Fri	5/10/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Hendrix & Luster	Hayar
47	Mon	5/13/13	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Rich & Shah	Hayar

Spring 2013: Registered Students

	Name	E-mail	Prog.	Dept.
1	Awichi, Aminiel K	AAWICHI@uams.edu	IBSD
2	Burdette, Brandon E	BEBurdette@uams.edu	PHYO
3	Cooney, Kimberly	KACooney@uams.edu	IBSD
4	Donofrio, Stasia marie	SMDonofrio@uams.edu	NBDS
5	Eubanks, Haleigh B	HEUBANKS@uams.edu	IBSD
6	Fernandes, Lorenzo	LFERNANDES@uams.edu	IBSD
7	Hendrix, Rachel Diane	RDHendrix@uams.edu	NBDS
8	Luster, Brennon	BRLuster@uams.edu	NBDS
9	Rich, Ashley	AARich@uams.edu	IBSD
10	Shah, Jesal B	JSHAH@uams.edu	IBSD
11	Zimmerman, Sarah	SZimmerman@uams.edu	IBSD

Spring 2012: Syllabus

Session	Day	Date	Time	Location	Reading (Book/Article)	Topic - Click to download lecture/handout	Instructor
1	Mon	1/9/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Survey-Results	Orientation - Survey	Hayar
2	Wed	1/11/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. pgs 47-58	Neuroglia & Neurovasculature I (handout)	Davies
3	Fri	1/13/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Science - Articles	Neuroglia & neurovasculature II (lecture)	Davies
	Mon	1/16/12				Martin Luther King Day
4	Wed	1/18/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		To be announced	Davies
5	Fri	1/20/12	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 4	Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System I	Barger
6	Mon	1/23/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System II	Barger
7	Wed	1/25/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System III	Barger
8	Fri	1/27/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Basic Neurochem. # 11	Neuroenergetics I (Lectures - Handout - Enlarged slides)	Dienel
9	Mon	1/30/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neuroenergetics II	Dienel
10	Wed	2/1/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Review Article	Embryology I (Homework - Syllabus - Lectures)	Chang
11	Fri	2/3/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 14	Embryology II	Chang
12	Mon	2/6/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 16	Neurogenesis & Migration (Neural Crest Cells)	Chang
13	Wed	2/8/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Nature - Article	Neurogenesis & Migration: Cerebral Cortex & Cerebellum	Chang
	Fri	2/10/12				No class - Study day
14	Mon	2/13/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #1 / EXAM	Hayar
15	Wed	2/15/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 6	Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part1	Hayar
16	Fri	2/17/12	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part2	Hayar
	Mon	2/20/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Presidents' Day
17	Wed	2/22/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 8	Release of Neurotransmitters	Hayar
18	Fri	2/24/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 7	Neurotransmitters	Hayar
19	Mon	2/27/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 9	Neuroreceptors	Hayar
20	Wed	2/29/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 11	Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration	Hayar
21	Fri	3/2/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap24	Synaptic Plasticity & Memory Formation	Hayar
22	Mon	3/5/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap14	Cellular & Developmental Aspects of Olfaction	Hayar
23	Wed	3/7/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Alcohol-induced alterations in cerebellar circuits	Hayar
24	Fri	3/9/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Lab: Electrophysiology & Imaging	Hayar
25	Mon	3/12/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Review Session: Bring your questions	Hayar
	Wed	3/14/12				No class - Study day
26	Fri	3/16/12	11:30-12:20	Rayford	Sample-Test-Questions	ASSESSMENT #2 / EXAM	Hayar
	Mon	3/19/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Wed	3/21/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
	Fri	3/23/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Spring Break
27	Mon	3/26/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part1	Pierce
28	Wed	3/28/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord-Part2	Pierce
29	Fri	3/30/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Web-Resources	MRI and Neuroimaging Lecture	Borrelli
	Mon	4/2/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207
30	Wed	4/4/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part I	Light
31	Fri	4/6/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neurobiology of Addiction- Part II	Light
32	Mon	4/9/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy I	Greenfield
33	Wed	4/11/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Epilepsy II	Greenfield
34	Fri	4/13/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2, 3	Neurodegenerative Disease (ALS) (pdf)	Kiaei
35	Mon	4/16/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Alzheimer) (pdf)	Kiaei
36	Wed	4/18/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain - Mechanisms and Pathways	Al-Chaer
37	Fri	4/20/12	11:30-12:20	Rayford		Neuroscience of Pain - Syndromes and Modulation	Al-Chaer
38	Mon	4/23/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Articles 1, 2	Neurodegenerative Disease (Parkinson) (pdf)	Kiaei
39	Wed	4/25/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Ross & Tabrizi 2011	Neurodegenerative Disease (Huntington) (pdf)	Kiaei
40	Fri	4/27/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lab	Borrelli
41	Mon	4/30/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #3 / EXAM	Hayar
42	Wed	5/2/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207	Agulhon-et-al. 2010	Critical Discussion of a scientific article	Hayar
43	Fri	5/4/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: McDaniel + Ucer	Hayar
44	Mon	5/712	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Dates - Sellers	Hayar
45	Wed	5/9/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Aboud + Hearnsberger	Hayar
46	Fri	5/11/12	11:30-12:20	BMI 205/207		Student presentation of an article: Van + Kearney-Ramos	Hayar

Spring 2012: Registered Students

	Name	E-mail	Prog.	Dept.
1	Aboud, Orwa	OAboud@uams.edu	NBDS	Geriatrics
2	Dates, Centdrika R.	CRDates@uams.edu	IBS	Center for Diversity Affairs
3	Hearnsberger, Emily Nicole	EHEARNSBERGER@uams.edu	IBS	Graduate School
4	Kearney-Ramos,Tonisha E	TEKearneyramos@uams.edu	IBS	Center for Diversity Affairs
5	McDaniel, Katie Lian	KMCDANIEL2@uams.edu	IBS	College of Public Health
6	Sellers, Mary Candace	MSELLERS@uams.edu	IBS	Microbiology
7	Ucer, Semahat Serra	SSUcer@uams.edu	IBS	Pharmacology
8	Van, Huyen Trang Thi	HTVAN@uams.edu	IBS	Physiology & Biophysics

Spring 2011: Syllabus

Session	Day	Date	Time	Location	Reading (Book/Article)	Topic - Click to download lecture/handout	Instructor
1	Fri	1/7/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Survey	Orientation - Survey	Hayar
2	Wed	1/12/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 4	Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System I	Barger
3	Thu	1/13/11	2:00-2:50	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System II	Barger
4	Fri	1/14/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Subcellular Organization of the Nervous System III	Barger
	Mon	1/17/11				Martin Luther King Day
5	Wed	1/19/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. pgs 47-58	Neuroglia & Neurovasculature I (handout)	Davies
6	Fri	1/21/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Science - Articles	Neuroglia & neurovasculature II (lecture)	Davies
7	Mon	1/24/11	8:00-8:50	BMII-Rayford	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 14	Embryology: Gastrulation and Neural Plate Formation	Chang
8	Wed	1/26/11	8:00-8:50	BMII-Rayford		Embryology: Neurulation	Chang
9	Fri	1/28/11	8:00-8:50	BMII-Rayford	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 16	Neurogenesis & Migration (Neural Crest Cells)	Chang
10	Mon	1/31/11	8:00-8:50	BMII-Rayford	Nature - Article	Neurogenesis & Migration: Cerebral Cortex & Cerebellum	Chang
11	Wed	2/2/11	8:00-8:50	CPH G226		ASSESSMENT #1 / EXAM	Hayar
12	Fri	2/4/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 6	Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part1	Hayar
13	Mon	2/7/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Membrane Potential and Action Potential-Part2	Hayar
	Wed	2/9/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Inclement Weather
	Fri	2/11/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Inclement Weather
14	Mon	2/14/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 8	Release of Neurotransmitters	Hayar
15	Wed	2/16/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 7	Neurotransmitters	Hayar
16	Fri	2/18/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 9	Neuroreceptors	Hayar
	Mon	2/21/11				Presidents' Day
17	Wed	2/23/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Fund. Neuro. Chap. 11	Postsynaptic Potentials and Synaptic Integration	Hayar
18	Fri	2/25/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap24	Synaptic Plasticity & Memory Formation	Hayar
19	Mon	2/28/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Neuroscience-Chap14	Cellular & Developmental Aspects of Olfaction	Hayar
20	Wed	3/2/11	8:00-8:50	CPH G226		Alcohol-induced alterations in cerebellar circuits	Hayar
21	Fri	3/4/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Lab: Electrophysiology & Imaging	Hayar
22	Mon	3/7/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Agulhon-et-al. 2010	Critical Discussion of a scientific article	Hayar
23	Wed	3/9/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Review Session: Bring your questions	Hayar
24	Fri	3/11/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Sample-Test-Questions	ASSESSMENT #2 / EXAM	Hayar
25	Mon	3/14/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Web-Resources	MRI and Neuroimaging Lecture	Borrelli
26	Wed	3/16/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		MRI and Neuroimaging Lab	Borrelli
27	Fri	3/18/11	8:00-9:20	BMI 205/207		Gross Anatomy of Brain & Spinal Cord (1.5 hrs)	Pierce
	Mon	3/21/11				Spring Break
	Wed	3/23/11				Spring Break
	Fri	3/25/11				Spring Break
28,29	Mon	3/28/11	8:00-9:50	BMI 205/207	Basic Neurochem. # 31	Neuroenergetics (2 hrs) (Handout - Enlarged slides)	Dienel
30	Wed	3/30/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain - Mechanisms and Pathways	Al-Chaer
31	Fri	4/1/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Neuroscience of Pain - Syndromes and Modulation	Al-Chaer
32	Mon	4/4/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Neurodegenerative Disease (ALS) (pdf)	Kiaei
33	Wed	4/6/11	8:00-8:50	CPH G226		Neurodegenerative Disease (Alzheimer) (pdf)	Kiaei
34	Fri	4/8/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Neurodegenerative Disease (Parkinson) (pdf)	Kiaei
35	Mon	4/11/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207	Ross & Tabrizi 2011	Neurodegenerative Disease (Huntington) (pdf)	Kiaei
36,37	Wed	4/13/11	8:00-9:50	BMI 205/207		Synapse Formation - Neurotrophic Factors (2 hrs)	Light
38	Fri	4/15/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		ASSESSMENT #3 / EXAM	Hayar
39	Mon	4/18/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: Alagpulinsa - Corken	Hayar
40	Wed	4/20/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: Bostian - Carus	Hayar
41	Fri	4/22/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: Allensworth - Jang	Hayar
42	Mon	4/25/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: Kamalakar - Kandavalli	Hayar
43	Wed	4/27/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: Lin - Yang	Hayar
44	Fri	4/29/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: O'Guinn - Shmidt	Hayar
45	Mon	5/2/11	8:00-8:50	BMI 205/207		Presentation of an article: Walker - LynCook	Hayar

Spring 2011: Registered Students

	Name	E-mail	Dept.	Other courses taken
1	Alagpulinsa, David A	DAAlagpulinsa@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD501V, IBSD5051, PCOL5221, MBIM5003, PATH5043
2	Allensworth, Melody	MAllensworth@uams.edu	NBDS
3	Bostian, April C	ACBostian@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD501V, IBSD5051, PCOL5221, MBIM5003, PATH5043
4	Carus, Samuel	SCarus@uams.edu	NBDS
5	Corken, Adam L	ACORKEN@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD501V, IBSD5051, PHYO5013, PCOL5221, PATH5049, MBIM5003, MBIM5023
6	Jang, Dae Song	DSJANG@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD501V, IBSD5051, PCOL5221, MBIM5023
7	Kamalakar, Archana	AKAMALAKAR@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD501V, IBSD5051, PCOL5221, PATH5043, MBIM 5003
8	Kandavalli, Naveen Babu	NBKandavalli@uams.edu	NBDS	NBDS513V, NBDS5035, NBDS5121, PCOL5221
9	Lin, Xiong	XLIN@uams.edu	NBDS
10	LynCook, Lascelles E	LLYNCOOK@uams.edu	IBS	NUTR5153, PATH5043
11	O’Guinn, Devon Jermaine	DOGUINN@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD5051, PHYO5013, PCOL5221, PHYO5063, NUTR5153
12	Schmidt, Bennett Warren	BSCHMIDT@uams.edu	IBS	IBSD5051, PCOL5221, NUTR5153
13	Walker, Rebekah Ann	WalkerRA@hendrix.edu	Hendrix
14	Yang, DongJin	DYANG@uams.edu	NBDS	NBDS5121,NBDS5133, Ethics

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