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NSLIJHS Department of Neurology Residency Training Program

BASIC NEUROSCIENCE COURSE

Academic year 2008-2009

 

Wednesday 1-2pm

 

 

Date                         Topic                                                                                       Resident                 Moderator

 

2008

 

September

09/03                       Cytology of Neurons (3)                                                     Ardeljan

09/10                       Synthesis & Trafficking of Neuronal Proteins (4)      Wachsman                    

09/17                       Ion Channels (5)                                                                   Palangio                

09/24                       Membrane Potential (6)                                                      Kaur                                                

 

October

10/01                       Voltage gated ion channels (8)                                        Hon                         

10/08                       Synaptic transmission (9)                                                 Isakov                             

10/15                       Transmission at the nerve-muscle synapse (10)        Fekete                              

10/22                       Transmission at central synapses (11)                          Palangio                        

10/29                       Transmission by second messenger (12)                      Terranova                      

 

November

11/05                       Transmitter release (13)                                                     Shor                                                 

11/12                       Diseases at nerve-muscle synapse (16)                         Ahmed                           

11/19                       Disease of the motor unit (17)                                          Frid                                  

 

December

12/03                       Anatomy of the somatic sensory system (25)              Salamon                         

12/10                       Touch (26)                                                                              Grinman                        

12/17                       Pain and analgesia (27)                                                     Nejjar                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date                         Topic                                                                                       Resident                 Moderator

 

 

2009

 

January

 

01/07                       Central visual pathways (29)                                           Oliveira                  

01/14                       Pharmacology: Psychiatry I (19)                                     Feuer                

01/21                       Pharmacology: Psychiatry II (20)                                    Feuer                       

01/28                       Control of movement (35)                                                  Sedarous                       

                                  

February

 

02/04                       Muscle receptors and spinal reflexes (37)                    Nejjar                      

02/11                       Spinal mechanisms of motor coordination (38)         Jaffe

02/18                       Voluntary movement (40)                                                  Terranova

02/25                       The cerebellum (41)                                                             Fekete

                                  

March

 

03/04                       The basal ganglia (42)                                                        Grinman

03/11                       The ocular motor system (43)                                           Isakov

03/18                       Cranial nerve nuclei (44)                                                   Lubin

03/25                       Trigeminal system (45)                                                       Oliveira

 

April

 

04/01                       Clinical syndromes of the spinal cord (46)                  Jaffe

04/08                       Hypothalamus and Limbic system (47)                        Sedarous

04/15                       The Autonomic nervous system (49)                             Hon

04/22                       Neuropharmacology: Norepi and epinephrine (8)   Lubin

04/29                       Cell migration and axon guidance (58)                        Wachsman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date                         Topic                                                                                       Resident                 Moderator

 

 

 

May

 

05/06                       Pharmacology: Therapy of the Epilepsies (21)           Ardeljan

05/13                       Pharmacology: Opiod analgesics (23)                           Kaur

05/20                       Neuropharmacology: Amino acid transmitters (6)   Shor

05/27                       Neuropharmacology: Acetylcholine (7)                        Salamon

 

June

 

06/03                       Neuropharmacology: Dopamine (9)                              Silverstein

06/10                       Neuropharmacology: Serotonin (10)                             Frid/Ettinger

06/17                       Neuropharmacology: Neuroactive peptides (11)       Silverstein/Murthy

 

Principles of Neuroscience by Kandel, Schwartz, & Jessell – 3rd Ed. (denotes chapter)

The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics by Goodman & Gilman – 10th Ed. (denotes chapter)

The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology by Cooper, Bloom, & Roth – 7th Ed. (denotes chapter)