每周2节
每节3小时

课程摘要

9.011课程是一门初级课程，目的在于教导研一生建立与神经科学领域相关的各种主要原理和技术的综合概念。课程一开始会先探讨视觉、听觉和运动系统，着重于某些特殊的讯息传递过程的共同点。我们在探讨过程中所衍生出的种种原理会在日后的课程里继续进行讨论，未来的课程里我们会介绍神经科学领域中学习、记忆、睡眠和认知等研究的最新成果。

本课程每个单元都会有该领域的顶尖研究人员进行一系列概观的课程教授，此外，也会对学生在进行专题研究报告时，适时地提供研究上的建议。透过完整地介绍本课程现阶段强调严谨思考的训练过程，我们的目的在于将学生培训为一名训练充分的神经科学家，以为他们在日后进行重大的科学贡献前做好准备。

教学方式

上课时间的分配上，每节3小时的课里，前2.5个小时会先进行讲课，剩下15到30分钟让学生针对一份相关主题的研究论文进行讨论。

每次上课所有学生都要缴交当天讨论的论文的书面摘要，并有一位学生要针对该论文上台报告。最好在上课前就先预习该论文并整理出摘要。

指定用书

Zigmond, Michael主编，《基础神经科学(Fundamental Neuroscience)》第一版。美国学术出版社(Academic Press)于1999年发行初版。

每个老师还会从教科书中挑选一些期刊文章让学生进行延伸阅读，这些文章可以在麻省理工学院Schering-Plough图书馆找到。

评分方式

• 期中考占 - 40%
• 期末考占 - 40%
• 课堂参与(包括个人上台报告表现和由其它同学报告时的表现)占 - 20%

期中考

• 考试时间三小时
• 考试范围涵盖Graybiel和Schiller老师的教授内容

Two sessions / week
3 hours / session

Course Overview

9.011 is an introductory course for first-year graduate students aimed at providing a synthetic overview of major principles and techniques associated with systems neuroscience. Lectures in the first part of the course explore the visual, auditory, and motor systems, emphasizing common themes while delineating specific information processing strategies. Principles derived while surveying these systems are applied to later lectures describing the most recent findings in learning, memory, sleep, and cognition.

Each module of the course involves a series of overview lectures by a leading researcher in the field, complemented by recitation opportunities on primary research papers for students. By offering a thorough introduction to the current status of the discipline while emphasizing critical thinking, 9.011 aims to prepare students for an exciting and rapid beginning to their contributions as neuroscientists.

Format

Class runs for 3 hours. The first 2.5 hours will be lecture, while during the last 15-30 minutes a student will lead a discussion on a related research paper.

Every class all students will be responsible for a written summary of that day's research paper, and one student will be responsible for offering a presentation to lead a discussion on that paper. The main work for the course consists of coming to class having done the reading and prepared the summary.

Reading

Zigmond, Michael, ed. Fundamental Neuroscience. 1st ed. Academic Press, 1999.

Each lecturer has also selected review readings and articles from the primary literature, which are available on reserve in MIT's Schering-Plough Library.

Grading

• 40% - Midterm.
• 40% - Final.
• 20% - Participation (Including paper presentation and participation during others' presentations).

Midterm

• Duration for midterm exam will be three hours.
• It will cover material from the Graybiel and Schiller lectures.