Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

PSB 4810
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

University of Florida
Department of Psychology
Gainesville, FL 32611-2250

Section: 6795, fall semester 2008
Tuesdays - periods 5-6 (11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m.)
Thursdays - period 6 (12:50 p.m. - 1:40 a.m.)

PSY, room 287

Professor: Darragh P. Devine, Ph.D.
e-mail: dpdevine@ufl.edu
phone: 273-2174
office: Psychology Building, 324
office hrs: Tuesday & Thursday, period 7 1:55 - 2:45 p.m.
or by appointment


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Syllabus
List of Potential Topics for papers
Guidelines for Papers
Grades on WebCT (will be available after test #1)
Sample Questions for Test #1 (will be posted in mid-September)
Annotated Answers to Test #1 (will be posted after test #1)
Annotated Answers to Test #2 (will be posted after test #2)
Annotated Answers to Comprehensive Final Test (will be posted after final test)

Intracellular Pathways Diagram

**PART I:**
Notes Pages (small)	Notes Pages (large)	Readings	Relevant Links
Ch. 1 Introduction: Fundamental Concepts and Historical Foundations	Ch. 1 Introduction: Fundamental Concepts and Historical Foundations	There are no additional readings for chapter 1	Operant and Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning Operant video Classical Conditioning Classical video
Ch. 2 Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity	Ch. 2 Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity	Abrams et al. (1998) Roberts & Glanzman (2003)	aplysia video hippocampus video
	UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Links to additional chapter notes, readings, and relevant info will be added soon.
Ch. 3 Strengthening Synapses: Assembling Existing Parts	Ch. 3 Strengthening Synapses: Assembling Existing Parts
Ch. 4 Strengthening Synapses: Generating New Material	Ch. 4 Strengthening Synapses: Generating New Material
Ch. 5 Calcium: The Master Plasticity Molecule	Ch. 5 Calcium: The Master Plasticity Molecule
Ch. 6 Dendritic Spines: The Dyn Relationship Between Structure & Function	Ch. 6 Dendritic Spines: The Dyn Relationship Between Structure & Function
Ch. 7 Making Memories: Conceptual Issues and Methodologies	Ch. 7 Making Memories: Conceptual Issues and Methodologies
Ch. 8 Memory Formation: Post-Translation Processes	Ch. 8 Memory Formation: Post-Translation Processes
Ch. 9 Memory Consolidation: Translation and Transcription	Ch. 9 Memory Consolidation: Translation and Transcription

**PART II:**
Notes Pages (small)	Notes Pages (large)	Readings	Relevant Links
Ch. 10 Memory Modulation Systems	Ch. 10 Memory Modulation Systems
Ch. 11 The Fate of Retrieved Memories	Ch. 11 The Fate of Retrieved Memories
Ch. 12 The Content of Memory: Memory Systems and the Hippocampus	Ch. 12 The Content of Memory: Memory Systems and the Hippocampus
Ch. 13 The Hippocampus Index and Episodic Memory	Ch. 13 The Hippocampus Index and Episodic Memory
Ch. 14 Ribot’s Law, Systems Consolidation, and the Hippocampus	Ch. 14 Ribot’s Law, Systems Consolidation, and the Hippocampus
Ch. 15 Actions, Habits, and the Cortico-Striatal System	Ch. 15 Actions, Habits, and the Cortico-Striatal System
Ch. 16 Learning About Danger: The Neurobiology of Fear Memories	Ch. 16 Learning About Danger: The Neurobiology of Fear Memories

**LINKS TO SITES OF INTEREST**
Resources	Professional Associations	Government Agencies	Online Journals
Brain Facts & Figures	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	National Clearing House for Alcohol & Drug Information (NCADI)	UF E-jounals
National Center for Biotechnology Information (includes PubMed)	American Medical Association (AMA)	National Institutes of Health (NIH)
History of Neuroscience	American Psychiatric Association (APA)	National Science Foundation (NSF)
Human Genome Project	American Psychological Association (APA)	World Health Organization
National Library of Medicine	Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
Primate Brain Atlas	International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
Terminology in Neuroscience	National Academy of Science
	New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
	Society for Neuroscience (SFN)

**SOME FAVOURITE READINGS (just for fun!)**
Topic	Author	Title
Case reports of clinical neurology	Oliver Sacks	Awakenings
	Oliver Sacks	An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
	Oliver Sacks	A Leg to Stand On
	Oliver Sacks	The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
	Oliver Sacks	Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
	Harold Klawans	Toscanini's Fumble and Other Tales of Clinical Neurology
	Harold Klawans	Newton's Madness: Further Tales of Clinical Neurology
	Harold Klawans	Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology
Autobiographies	Michael J. Fox	Lucky Man
	Christopher Reeve	Still Me
Essays on natural history and science	James Gorman	The Man With No Endorphins and Other Reflections on Science
	Stephen Jay Gould	Bully for Brontosaurus
	Stephen Jay Gould	Hen's Teeth and Horses Toes
	Stephen Jay Gould	Wonderful Life
	Stephen Jay Gould	Dinosaur in a Haystack
Update on Darwinian theory of evolution	Richard Dawkins	The Selfish Gene
Evolution of humans	Richard Leakey	Origins
	Richard Leakey & Roger Lewin	Origins Reconsidered
Explanation of the neurobiology of stress in lay terms	Robert Sapolsky	Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

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