PSYC318 Winter 2013 Syllabus

PSYC 318 Behavioural Neuroscience 2 (3 credits)

Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30-10:00 Leacock Building 026 (LEA 26) Instructor: Karim Nader Office: N8/8 Stewart Biological Sciences Building Email: Karim.nader@mcgill.ca Direct emails about problems with WebCT or about course materials to the TAs. Office hours: Wednesdays 2-3pm. Teaching Assistants The teaching assistants are your first contact about administrative issues, problems, and everything else besides questions about course materials: Jane Zhang Colin Harvey-Lewis jie.zhang5@mail.mcgill.ca colin.harvey-lewis@mail.mcgill.ca

Required Readings There is no textbook for this course. However, John P.J. Pinels Biopsychology is strongly recommended to make sure you understand basic concepts. The book can be obtained at Paragraphe Bookstore (2220 McGill College Ave.). Assigned readings are posted on WebCT. Audio & pdf files from the lectures will be available on WebCT. Goal of the Course To discuss in depth some of the more exciting findings in the field of behavioural neuroscience, brains, and behaviour/psyche. Evaluation The final grade will be based on your test scores from 2 midterms and 1 final. The exams will contain multiple choice and/or short answer questions. The midterms will each be worth 25% and will be taken in class. The cumulative final will be worth 50%. The in-class midterm you perform best on will be given greater weight than the other.

PSYC318 Winter 2013 Syllabus These exams will cover all material presented both in lectures and in required readings. A supplemental exam will be offered for students who receive a grade of D, F, J or U in the course. You will have the opportunity to earn extra credit for the course via participation in the Psychology Department Subject Pool. The Subject Pool TA will come to class to give you the details. All extra credit questions/concerns /issues are dealt with through the Subject Pool TA exclusively. Extra credit will be assigned at the end of the semester based on information provided by the Subject Pool TA. Academic Integrity McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information).

PSYC318 Winter 2013 Syllabus Date Class 1: Jan 7 Class 2: Jan 9 Subject General Introduction NO CLASS. The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialog between Genes and Synapses Components Of Goal Directed Behavior 1 Components Of Goal Directed Behavior 2 Neurobiology Of Human Emotional Processing Dopamine, Reward And Vulnerability To Addiction Risk Assessment And Decision Making MIDTERM 1 (in class) The Neurobiology Of Pain Are Rodents People Too? The Constructive Nature Of Memory Systems Consolidation Spatial Navigation Grid And Place Cells MIDTERM 2 (in class) Neurogenesis NO CLASS (reading week) Constitutive Kinases In Memory Consolidation Guest lecturer Prof Wayne Sossin Notes

Home assignment: watch the Nobel Lecture by Erik Kandel (http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/me dicine/laureates/2000/kandel-lecture.html)

Class 3: Jan 14 Class 4: Jan 16 Class 5: Jan 21 Class 6: Jan 23 Class 7: Jan 28 Class 8: Jan 30 Class 9: Feb 4 Class 10: Feb 6 Class 11: Feb 11 Class 12: Feb 13 Class 13: Feb 18 Class 14: Feb 20 Class 15: Feb 25 Class 16: Feb 27 Mar 4 & Mar 6 Class 17: Mar 11

Guest lecturer Prof Jorge Armony Guest lecturer Prof Marco Leyton Guest lecturer Prof Alain Dagher

Guest lecturer Prof Terrence Coderre Guest lecturer Prof Jeff Mogil Guest lecturer Dr. Oliver Hardt Guest lecturer Dr. Oliver Hardt

PSYC318 Winter 2013 Syllabus Date Class 18: Mar 13 Class 19: Mar 18 Subject Constitutive Kinases In Memory Maintenance Short-Term Vs. Long-Term: Serial Vs. Parallel Models For Making The Memory Trace Eye Blink Conditioning (LTD: Long-Term Depression) History of Reconsolidation The Nature Of Amnesia NO CLASS (Easter holiday) Organizing Principles Of Reconsolidation Cellular And Molecular Correlates Of Reconsolidation Clinical Tests Of The Reconsolidation Hypothesis The Nature of Forgetting Notes/Required Readings Guest lecturer Prof Wayne Sossin Guest lecturer Prof Wayne Sossin

Class 20: Mar 20 Class 21: Mar 25 Class 22: Mar 27 Apr 1 Class 23: Apr 3 Class 24: Apr 8 Class 25: Apr 10 Class 26: Apr 15

Guest lecturer Prof Wayne Sossin