Here are the web versions of Houpt's powerpoint lecutures. Review papers relevant to the lecture are also here, in PDF format.
Lectures for 3rd Exam:
Paper 2: (Thu, 10/23/03):
Ruthazer ES, Akerman CJ, Cline HT. Control of axon branch dynamics by correlated activity in vivo. Science 301(2003):66-70
Lecture 11: (Fri, 10/24/03): Axonal Guidance
Lecture 12: (Mon, 10/27/03): Neurogenesis & Apoptosis
Paper 3: (Thu, 10/30/03):
Cutforth, T et al. Axonal Ephrin-As and Odorant Receptors: Coordinate determination of the Olfactory Sensory Map. Cell 114(2003) 311-322.
Lecture 13: (Mon, 11/4/03): Taste 1: Periphery
Lecture 14: (Wed, 11/5/03): Taste 2: Central
Paper 4: (Thu, 11/13/03):
Damal S. et al. Detection of Sweet and Umami Taste in the Absence of Taste Receptor T1r3. Sciene 301(2003) 850-853.
Lectures for 2nd Exam on 10/16/03:
Lecture 6: (Fri, 9/26/03): Catecholamines
Lecture 7: (Mon, 9/29/03): Serotonin
Lecture 8: (Wed, 10/1/03): Neuropeptides and Nuclear Receptor Hormones
Paper 1: (Thu, 10/2/03):
Lecture 9: (Fri, 10/3/03): Induction and Homeobox genes
Lecture 10: (Mon, 10/6/03): Neural Migration
Lectures for 1st Exam on 9/25/03:
Lecture 1 (Mon, 8/25/03): The Neuron
Lecture 2 (Wed, 8/27/03): Protein Synthesis
Lecture 3: (Fri, 8/29/03): Transport and Compartments
Kuhl, D. and Skehel, Dendritic localization of mRNAs. Curr Op. Neurobiol. 8 (1998)600-606.
Nakada, C. et al. Accumulation of anchored proteins forms membrane diffusion barriers during neuronal polaization. Nature Cell Bio. 5(2003)626.
Lecture 4: (Mon, 9/15/03): Intracellular Signalling
Sweeney, G. Leptin Signalling. Cell. Signal. 14 (2002) 655-663.
Lecture 5: (Wed, 9/17/03): Molecular Signalling
Hoffman, G.E. and D. Lyo. Anatomical markers of activity in neuroendocrine systems, J. Neuroendocrinol., 14 (2002) 259-268.
Deisseroth, K. et al. Signaling from synapse to nucleus: the logic behind the mechanisms. Curr. Op. Neurobiol. 13(2003)354-365.
Miscellaneous Lectures
Molecules To Behavior (Fri, 9/19/03): c-Fos in Taste Aversion and Neural Effects of Magnets