# PETER LIPTON — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### name

PETER LIPTON

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Professor Lipton is a gem of the UW-Madison neuro faculty. 629 is a blast, learning about all of the molecular factors contributing to LTP and LTD. The paper improvement presentations aren't hard if you can wrap your brain around the experiments, which usually aren't too outlandish, and they allow you to be creative with the course content.",
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    "comment": "Rocks you with all the cool memory examples. Also the unpracticed choreagraphy of the scratch dance was the best! =)",
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