Neural basis of behavior: Neuroethological approaches

NBHV G9010

Spring 2004

 

Darcy Kelley and Rafa Yuste

Wednesdays                

4:10PM - 6:00PM                   

1014  Fairchild

Call #: 86853  

 

 

Legend:
DBK  Darcy B. Kelley            

RMY  Rafa Yuste

 

1.  The rise (and fall) of ethology  (1/21) DBK

 

2.  Neuroethological approaches to brain and behavior (1/28) DBK

 

3. Rhythmic behaviors (2/4) RMY

 

4. Central (as in CNS) pattern generators (2/11)  Eve Marder

 

5. Sense electric; communication in weakly electric fish (2/18) Carl Hopkins

 

6. Neurobiology of the jamming avoidance response and electrocommunication (2/25) RMY

 

7. Painting the world in sound; echolocation in bats  (3/3) James Simmons

 

8. Neural processing of bat biosonar signals (3/10) DBK

 

Week of March 15; Spring Break

                                             

9. How barn owls hunt (3/24) DBK

 

10. Aligning auditory and visual space maps in the midbrain (3/31) Catherine Carr

 

11. Frog songs (4/7) Carl Gerhardt

 

12. Translating what is heard into what is uttered (4/14) DBK

 

13. Bird songs (4/21) Erich Jarvis

 

14. The neurobiology of a learned communication system (4/28) DBK

 

 

Guest lectures:

Eve Marder (4)  Brandeis

Carl Hopkins (5) Cornell

James Simmons (7) Brown

Catherine Carr (9) U. Maryland

Carl Gerhardt (11) U. Missouri

Erich Jarvis (13) Duke