Neuroscience: Lecture Series

2008 Holiday Lectures
Making Your Mind:
Molecules, Motion, and Memory

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Lecture 1 — Mapping Memory in the Brain, by Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
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Lecture 2 — Building Brains: The Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits, by Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D.
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Lecture 3 — Plan of Action: How the Spinal Cord Controls Movement, by Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D.
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Lecture 4 — Memories are Made of This, by Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
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Discussion Session — Neurobiology and Mental Illness
Panelists: Gerald Fischbach, M.D., Simons Foundation; and Kay R. Jameson, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Moderators: Eric R. Kandel, M.D. and Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D., Columbia University

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2003 Holiday Lectures
Learning from Patients:
The Science of Medicine

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Lecture 3 — A Healthy Nervous System: A Delicate Balance, by Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
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Lecture 4 — The Strength of Families: Solving Rett Syndrome , by Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
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Lectures One and Two are presented by Bert Voglestein, M.D., and can be found under the "Cancer" topic in the menu bar.

Discussion Session: Bioethics
Moderators: Bert Vogelstein, M.D., Johns Hopkins University; and Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine.

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1997 Holiday Lectures
Senses and Sensitivity:
Neuronal Alliances for Sight and Sound

Lecture 1 — Sensory Transduction: Getting the Message, by A. James Hudspeth, Ph.D., M.D.
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Lecture 2 — The Science of Sight: Getting the Picture, by Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D.
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Lecture 3 — The Science of Sound: How Hearing Happens, by A. James Hudspeth Ph.D., M.D.
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Lecture 4 — Neural Processing: Making Sense of Sensory Information, by Jeremy Nathans M.D., Ph.D.
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