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Syllabus

Web Resources

• Understand flow of CSF through brain, spinal cord.

• Brain I:  Meninges, Ventricles and CSF [PPT download]  [Tegrity video of PowerPoint]  [Dural Sinus Board Drawing]
• Animation of CSF Circulation [link]

• Dissection of sheep brain--identify basic regions of brain.  [Wish list]
• Interactive overview of basic regions of brain from PBS [link]

• Learn basic functions and anatomy of Brainstem

• Class presentation: Brain II:  The Brainstem [PPT download]  [Tegrity video of PowerPoint]

• Appreciate role of "higher brain regions" in cognition, emotion and movement

• Class presentation:  Brain III:  Higher-level functions [PPT download]  [Tegrity video of PowerPoint]

WEB RESOURCES

Interactive overview of basic regions of brain from PBS [link]

Great in-depth tutorial on brain [link]

Great TED talk from neuroscientist who underwent a stroke--convinces about left/right brain differences [link]

Animation of basal ganglia pathways—relationship to Parkinson’s  Disease [link]

Great animated neurophysiology lectures [link]

Sheep brain dissection with list of structures linked to labeled photos [link](no longer good link)

DETAILED LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand how the meninges hold, support and protect the brain in the neurocranium.  Appreciate the continuity of the cranial meninges with the menings of the spinal cord.
• Construct a complete understanding of the production, circulation and absorption of cerebro-spinal fluid
• Organize a basic understanding of the different regions of the brain and their specific functions, especially relating to visceral, autonomic and non-conscious functioning of the nervous system.
• For the brainstem, describe the spatial relationships of the different regions and the specific functions of each
• For the diencephalon, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres, model their spatial/anatomical positions relative to each other, the brainstem and the skull.
• For the diencephalon, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres, understand the functional control that each general region has over sensory, motor and emotional aspects of overall nervous system function.