[FUN_Mail] Fwd: Another classic paper

Tue Sep 9 10:38:56 EDT 2014

I agree with Tara and Joe. I am in the midst of forwarding this link to
students who are about to defend their thesis and apply to grad school.
Thank you, Joe!

Chiye Aoki, PhD
Professor of Neural Science & Biology
New York University
212-998-3929 (office)    212-998-3926 (Lab)

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:36 AM, White, Tara via FUN_Mail <
fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:

> That is a wonderful pick -- And a potent weapon for our students grappling
> with the 'imposter syndrome', which is my experience seems to hit those who
> are best positioned for creative futures in neuroscience
> -Tara
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Joseph Burdo via FUN_Mail <
> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
>
> > While a bit off topic, I would argue that if they are considering
> research
> > for a career, the most important paper for them to read is a more general
> > methodological one: How to be productively stupid!
> >
> > "
> > "The importance of stupidity in scientific research"
> > http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771.long
> >
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Megan Hagenauer via FUN_Mail <
> > fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Great discussion!
> > >
> > > My contributions have a sleep/circadian slant:
> > >
> > > Dement, W.C., and Kleitman, N. (1957). Cyclic Variations in EEG during
> > > Sleep and their Relation to Eye Movements, Body Motility, and Dreaming.
> > EEG
> > > Clinical Neurophysiology 9: 673-690.
> > >
> > > "With dreaming and hypnagogie reverie assigned to a definite EEG stage,
> > > there exists at least a fairly consistent relation between the EEG and
> > > levels of consciousness and it becomes possible to undertake the second
> > > step of considering the neural origin of these patterns as representing
> > the
> > > basis of consciousness itself."
> > >
> > > - This paper is long-winded (good for teaching skimming!), but it is
> > > excellent for starting discussions of consciousness!
> > >
> > >
> > > Aschoff, J. (1965). Circadian Rhythms in Man. Science 148 (3676):
> > > 1427-1432.
> > >
> > > "Since in this case I myself was the subject, I can add a few remarks
> on
> > > personal feelings. After a great curiousity about 'true time' during
> the
> > > first 2 days of bunker life, I lost all interest in the matter and felt
> > > perfectly comfortable to live 'timeless'."
> > >
> > > - A short elegant paper, chronicling the original circadian bunker
> > > experiments in which student volunteers (and Aschoff himself!) go into
> > > isolation to experience timelessness.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ralph M.R., Foster R.G., Davis F.C., Menaker M. (1990) Transplanted
> > > Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Determines Circadian Period. Science 247:
> > 975-978.
> > > "Small neural grafts from the suprachiasmatic region restored circadian
> > > rhythms to arrhythmic animals whose own nucleus had been ablated."
> > >
> > > - Successful *brain transplants* after which the behavior of the host
> > > animal is determined by the genotype of the donor.  Soooo cool!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:56 AM, DJ Brasier via FUN_Mail <
> > > fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > As a fan of teaching controversy, two sets that I especially love are
> > the
> > > > pre- vs. post-synaptic LTP:
> > > >
> > > > Malinow & Tsien 1990 and Stevens & Wang 1994 vs. Kauer & Nicoll 1988
> &
> > > > Liao & Malinow 1995
> > > >
> > > > And the equally vicious debate about alpha- vs.
> beta/gamma-G-proteins:
> > > >
> > > > Logothetis & Clapham 1987 and Reuveny & Jan 1994 vs. Yatani &
> Birbaumer
> > > > 1988 and Birbaumer & Brown (Scientific Correspondence in Nature)
> 1987.
> > > >
> > > > It's fun for me to tell students how both of these nearly came to
> blows
> > > > between the opposing sides after numerous insults were exchanged.
> > > >
> > > > DJ
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 9/9/14, 8:10 AM, Lom, Barbara via FUN_Mail wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I’m not even going to try to top Noah’s example, but this is a fun
> > > >> conversation so I’ll toss in a few favorites from the turn of the
> more
> > > >> recent century regarding what was, at the time a controversial
> > > assertion of
> > > >> neurogenesis in the adult primate/human brain.  Not sure I’d call
> > these
> > > the
> > > >> most amazing ever neuroscience papers ever, but they are easy for
> > > >> undergrads to read and the contrary results reliably generate lively
> > > class
> > > >> discussions (null results published in Science).  Plus there’s a New
> > > Yorker
> > > >> article that describes some of the context for the science and the
> > > drama:
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9809557
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10521353
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11739948
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/07/23/rethinking-the-brain
> > > >>
> > > >> _____________________________________________
> > > >>
> > > >> Barbara Lom, PhD
> > > >> Professor & Chair of Biology
> > > >> Davidson College
> > > >> Box 7118 - Davidson, NC 28035-7118
> > > >> 704-894-2338 (office) 704-894-2512 (fax)
> > > >> http://www.davidson.edu/academics/biology/faculty/barbara-lom
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On 9/9/14, 5:36 AM, "Noah Sandstrom via FUN_Mail" <
> > > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> >>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Richard, Sam, do you really consider 1952 and 1962 to be "old
> school"?
> > > >> While perhaps predating what we might consider "modern
> neuroscience" I
> > > >> would put Brown-Séquard's *1889* article in *Lancet* ("Note on the
> > > effects
> > > >> produced on man by subcutaneous injections of a liquid obtained from
> > the
> > > >> testicles of animals") at the top of my list! In this paper,
> > > Brown-Séquard
> > > >> explores the behavioral and cognitive effects of extracts from dog
> and
> > > >> guinea pig testicles when self-injected. It is a tour-de-force that
> > > >> reflects the passion, commitment, and fortitude we should all strive
> > to
> > > >> have as scientists (how strongly do you believe in the importance of
> > the
> > > >> questions you are asking?); it raises thought-provoking questions
> > about
> > > >> quantification, methodology, standardization (what, exactly, are
> > "great
> > > >> powers of defecation?); and it makes clear that, as rough as some of
> > our
> > > >> research students may think they have it, they are way better off
> than
> > > >> those of Brown-Séquard who had to measure the length of his jet of
> > > urine.
> > > >> In all seriousness, though, this is the first paper I have students
> in
> > > my
> > > >> Hormones and Behavior class read. Great questions, after all, stand
> > the
> > > >> test of time!
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks for asking this great question, Bill!
> > > >> Noah
> > > >>
> > > >> Brown-Séquard CE. Note on the effects produced on man by
> subcutaneous
> > > >> injections of a liquid obtained from the testicles of
> animals.*Lancet*
> > > >> 1889;
> > > >> 2: 105-107.
> > > >>
> > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > >> From: Richard Olivo via FUN_Mail <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> > <mailto:
> > > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > > >> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:14 PM
> > > >> Subject: [FUN_Mail] Another classic paper
> > > >> To: "fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:
> > fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> > > >"
> > > >> <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I suppose I'm old school too, but my nominee would be Hubel and
> > Wiesel's
> > > >> classic paper on primary visual cortex:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hubel DH & Wiesel TN (1962). Receptive fields, binocular interaction
> > and
> > > >> functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. J Physiol 160,
> > > >> 106–154.
> > > >>
> > > >> This paper made sense of what neurons in the cortex were doing in
> > > creating
> > > >> the next step in visual perception, and it also revealed how they
> were
> > > >> arranged anatomically. It was a major step in advancing our
> > > understanding
> > > >> of the mammalian brain, and it opened a huge field of research on
> > visual
> > > >> processing that is still flourishing today.
> > > >>
> > > >> Best wishes,
> > > >> Richard Olivo
> > > >> rolivo at smith.edu<mailto:rolivo at smith.edu>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:16 PM, "Gizerian, Samantha via FUN_Mail" <
> > > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> >>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Call me old school, but the paper that really blew my mind, and
> > > continues
> > > >> to amaze students is Hodgkin and Huxley J. Physiol. (1952) 117,
> > 500-44.
> > > >> (here:
> > > >> http://www.sfn.org/~/media/SfN/Documents/ClassicPapers/
> > > >> ActionPotentials/hodgkin5.ashx)
> > > >> The whole series is great, but the last paper summing up the
> > experiments
> > > >> is
> > > >> really the one that is amazing.  In context of the time and
> techniques
> > > >> available, it is a pretty stunning achievement as well.  Not to
> > mention
> > > >> that finally we have the tangible connection that students are
> looking
> > > for
> > > >> between the physics they didn't want to learn and the neuroscience
> > they
> > > >> signed up for.
> > > >>
> > > >> Sam
> > > >>
> > > >> _____________________________
> > > >> Samantha S Gizerian, PhD
> > > >> Clinical Assistant Professor
> > > >> Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies
> > > >> Dept. of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience
> > > >> College of Veterinary Medicine
> > > >> Washington State University
> > > >> Pullman, WA 99164-7620
> > > >> sgizerian at vetmed.wsu.edu<mailto:sgizerian at vetmed.wsu.edu>
> > > >> 509-335-0986
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: FUN_Mail [mailto:fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org] On
> > Behalf
> > > >> Of Mike Wiest via FUN_Mail
> > > >> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:04 AM
> > > >> To: Schettino, Luis F.
> > > >> Cc: FUN Mail
> > > >> Subject: Re: [FUN_Mail] FW: [Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
> > > >> newsletter] Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience newsletter
> > > >>
> > > >> The "Inception" paper from the Tonegawa lab was the one that came to
> > > mind
> > > >> for me too...!
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers
> > > >> Mike
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Schettino, Luis F. via FUN_Mail <
> > > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> >>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Wow, this is EXACTLY what came to my mind when I read the question.
> No
> > > >> doubt this article is one of the coolest studies out there. It is
> > > >> incredibly creative and technically challenging. Great suggestion
> Ian!
> > > >>
> > > >> Luis F. Schettino
> > > >> Psychology Department
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> > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > >> From: "Ian via FUN_Mail Harrington" <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> > > >> <mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > > >> Cc: "FUN Mail" <FUN_Mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:FUN_Mail at lists
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> > > >> funfaculty.org>>
> > > >> Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2014 9:37:16 PM
> > > >> Subject: Re: [FUN_Mail] FW: [Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
> > > >> newsletter] Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience newsletter
> > > >>
> > > >> What a great question, Bill! BTW, it sounds like a nice way to put
> > > >> together the perfect reading list for a seminar class. Can I suggest
> > > >> either that the replies go to the whole list or that Bill posts the
> > > >> results?
> > > >>
> > > >> Maybe I'm guilty of some kind of recency effect with this suggestion
> > > >> since I just used it in class but if they have some interest in
> > > >> plasticity and behavior I'd have to suggest von Melchner, Pallas, &
> > Sur
> > > >> (2000):
> > > >>
> > > >> http://web.mit.edu/msur/www/publications/visual.pdf
> > > >>
> > > >> It was preceded by a companion paper by Sharma, Angelucci, & Sur
> > > >> (2000) that is purely physiological:
> > > >>
> > > >> http://web.mit.edu/msur/www/publications/induction.pdf
> > > >>
> > > >> I suppose if you're going to publish in Nature you might as well do
> it
> > > >> in bunches!
> > > >>
> > > >> IH
> > > >>
> > > >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Calin-Jageman, Robert via FUN_Mail <
> > > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> >>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Here’s a thought-provoking question from Bill Grisham.  Respond back
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> > )
> > > >>
> > > >> In the course of working with undergraduates on a research project
> > > >> this summer, we have read relevant research articles. As my students
> > > >> are wrapping up their research project, they asked to read the most
> > > >> amazing neuroscience article ever. What would YOU recommend?
> > > >>
> > > >>
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