Go inside the most astonishingly complex organ that has ever existed and learn how it works in this engrossing and surprising course on the human brain.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Historical Underpinnings of Neuroscience
- 02: Central Nervous System-Gross Organization
- 03: Central Nervous System-Internal Organization
- 04: Central Nervous System-Subdivisions
- 05: Cortex-Lobes and Areas
- 06: Cortex-Sensory, Motor, and Association Areas
- 07: Central Nervous System-Development
- 08: Central Nervous System-Cellular Organization
- 09: Pathways and Synapses
- 10: Neurotransmitters
- 11: Stroke
- 12: The Visual System-The Eye
- 13: The Visual System-The Cortex
- 14: The Auditory System
- 15: The Somatosensory System
- 16: Agnosias
- 17: The Motor System-Voluntary Movement
- 18: The Motor System-Coordinated Movement
- 19: Parkinson's Disease
- 20: Language
- 21: The Limbic System-Anatomy
- 22: The Limbic System-Biochemistry
- 23: Depression
- 24: The Reward System-Anatomy
- 25: The Reward System-Drugs
- 26: Brain Plasticity
- 27: Emotion and Executive Function
- 28: Processing of Negative Emotions-Fear
- 29: Music and the Brain
- 30: Sexual Dimorphism of the Brain
- 31: Sleep and Dreaming
- 32: Consciousness and the Self
- 33: Alzheimer's Disease
- 34: Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease
- 35: Wellness and the Brain-Effects of Stress
- 36: Neuroscience-Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Taught by
Jeanette Norden, Ph.D.
