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Brain Structure and Its Origins

Prof. Gerald E. Schneider · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course provides an outline of vertebrate functional neuroanatomy, aided by studies of comparative neuroanatomy and evolution, and by studies of brain development. Topics include early steps to a central nervous system, basic patterns of brain and spinal cord connections, regional development and differentiation, regeneration, motor and sensory pathways and structures, systems underlying motivations, innate action patterns, formation of habits, and various cognitive functions. In addition, lab techniques are reviewed and students perform brain dissections.

Lectures

Audio Lectures

  1. 1. Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities Video
  2. 2. Introduction: methods and primitive cellular activities Video
  3. 3. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 1 Video
  4. 4. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 2 Video
  5. 5. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 1 Video
  6. 6. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 2 Video
  7. 7. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 1 Video
  8. 8. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 2 Video
  9. 9. Autonomic nervous system; differentiation of the brain vesicles and intro to the hindbrain and segmentation Video
  10. 10. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 1: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations Video
  11. 11. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 2: Developmental distortions; evolution of midbrain and forebrain; midbrain organization Video
  12. 12. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 3: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization Video
  13. 14. CNS differentiation and axon growth, part 2 Video
  14. 15. Motor systems and brain states, part 1 Video
  15. 16. Motor systems and brain states, part 2 Video
  16. 17. Motor systems and brain states, part 3 Video
  17. 18. Motor systems and brain states, part 4 Video
  18. 21. Visual systems, part 1 Video
  19. 22. Visual systems, part 2 Video
  20. 23. Visual systems, part 3 Video
  21. 24. Auditory systems, part 1 Video
  22. 25. Auditory systems, part 2 Video
  23. 26. Forebrain evolution Video
  24. 27. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 1 Video
  25. 28. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 2 Video
  26. 29. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 3 Video
  27. 30. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 4 Video
  28. 31. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 5 Video
  29. 32. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 6 Video
  30. 33. Corpus striatum, part 1 Video
  31. 34. Corpus striatum, part 2 Video
  32. 35. Neocortex, part 1 Video
  33. 36. Neocortex, part 2 Video
  34. 37. Neocortex, part 3 Video
  35. 38. Plasticity in brain connections Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
Term
Spring 2014
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider. Brain Structure and Its Origins. Spring 2014. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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