WEEK

DATE

TOPIC

LAB/DISCUSSION

NOTES/
POWERPOINTS

1

Sept. 4

Block I.

Gross Anatomy of the Nervous System (NI)

Human Neuro Anatomy I

(NI/HL)

Lecture Notes- Identification of Structures in the Human Brain

Powerpoint - Gross Brain Labs

2

Sept. 11

Cellular

Neuroscience (NI)

Human Neuro Anatomy II (NI/HL)

Lecture Notes - Cell Biology of the Nervous System

Powerpoint - Cellular Neuroscience

3

Sept. 18

Synaptic Physiology (somatic NS; Autonomic NS)

 (NI)

Review of weeks 1-3; Students organize presentations

Lecture Notes - Synaptic Physiology

The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Powerpoint - Synaptic Physiology

The Autonomic Nervous System

4

Sept. 25   

Student Presentations I

Topic: Neurotransmitters, their receptors and actions

5

Oct. 2

Exam 1

6

Oct. 9

Block II.

Spinal cord organization and function (reflexes, LMN; NI)

Spinal cord; Diseases of the NS I. Injury to neurons and axons

Spinal cord injury/ axon regeneration

Lecture Notes - Spinal Cord

Lecture Notes - Lower Motor Neuron – Spinal Reflexes

Powerpoint - Response of Neurons to Injury

Powerpoint - Spinal Cord and Spinal Reflexes

Powerpoint - Spinal Cord Regeneration

7

Oct. 16

Sensory Systems (peripheral receptors, somatosensory system, pain; NI)

Retina / visual Transduction, visual processing;

  (NI)

Lecture Notes - Somatosensory System

Powerpoint - SENSORY SYSTEMS

Lecture Notes - Vision I- The Retina

Powerpoint - Vision

Lecture Notes - Visual Projections

8

Oct. 23

Review of Block II;

Discussion of spinal cord / visual transduction  (HL)

 Human Neuroanatomy III

(HL)

9

Oct. 30

 Student presentations II

Topic: Higher Order Functions (learning, memory, emotional behavior, conscious-ness , other

10

Nov. 6

Exam II

11

Nov. 13

Block III

Motor Systems I/ UMN / CS tract (NI)

Diseases of NS II:

Motor Systems HD, PD, ALS  

Lecture Notes - Motor Systems I

Powerpoint - Motor Systems

Powerpoint - Diseases of the Nervous System II
Motor Systems

Lecture Notes - Clinical Problem: Movement Disorders – Parkinson’s disease,
Huntington’s disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

12

Nov. 20

Basal Ganglia Cerebellum (NI)

Brain Anatomy IV (review) (NI/HL)

Powerpoint - Motor Systems II

Lecture Notes - Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum

13

Dec. 4

Axon Path-finding, Regeneration following Injury (NI)

Diseases of NS III

100 years of research in Alzheimer’s Disease

Powerpoint - Axonal Pathfinding

Lecture Notes - Axon Pathfinding

Powerpoint - Alzheimer’s Disease

14

Dec. 11

Student presentations III

Reading the Literature

(Research in Neuroscience)

Students present research papers (PhD students)

15

Dec. 18

Exam III

Final Exam