Computational Neuroscience, NSCI 491, Fall 2007

http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/CompNSCI/
Day and time: F 2-3, sometimes M 2-3
Newcomb Hall 442

Professor Harry Howard
http://www.tulane.edu/~howard/

Newcomb Hall 322D
862-3417
Office hours: TR 12:30-1:30, W 11-12 & by appointment

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Violations of the Academic Honor Code will not be tolerated in this class. I will rigorously investigate and pursue any such transgression.

Students with disabilities who need academic accommodation should:

• Contact and register with the Office of Disability Services (ODS). For more information, visit the ODS website at http://erc.tulane.edu/disability/.
• Bring official notice to me from the ODS indicating that you need academic accommodation. This should be done within the first week of class.

Fall 2007 Schedule

Day 1 (Sept 10): Introduction

Day 2 (Sept 17): Conductances and the Hodgkin-Huxley model

• intro material for GENESYS or NEURON simulators
• Howard (2004:84-99) in pdf

Day 3 (Sept 24): more on the Hodgkin-Huxley model, simplifications

• Howard (2004:99-113) in pdf

Day 4 (Oct 5): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 1

• Integration of signals, Howard (2004:113-141) in pdf

Day 5 (Oct 8): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 2

Day 6 (Oct 12): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 3

Day 7 (Oct 15): Sensory cortex and Hebbian learning, 4

Day - (Oct 22): The hippocampus

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Day 8 (Oct 29): Motor cortex, the basal ganglia, and reinforcement learning, 1

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Day 9 (Nov 5): Motor cortex, the basal ganglia, and reinforcement learning, 2

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Day 10 (Nov 12): Motor cortex, the cerebellum, and error correction, 1

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Day 11 (Nov 19): Motor cortex, the cerebellum, and error correction, 2

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Day 12 (Nov 26): Misc

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Day 13 (Dec 3): Misc

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