# Brain Structure and Its Origins

- 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](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/pages/syllabus/)
- Readings: [at the source](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/pages/readings/)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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

1. [1. Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/3ffe64f8add1) (Video)
2. [2. Introduction: methods and primitive cellular activities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/5b1745177531) (Video)
3. [3. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/86d205f35dbf) (Video)
4. [4. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/571cec688278) (Video)
5. [5. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/c9785078f280) (Video)
6. [6. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/293ce29b72b3) (Video)
7. [7. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/c193098f3f07) (Video)
8. [8. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/6b74108e9625) (Video)
9. [9. Autonomic nervous system; differentiation of the brain vesicles and intro to the hindbrain and segmentation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/68b9544987d4) (Video)
10. [10. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 1: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/c82d0e78b0e9) (Video)
11. [11. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 2: Developmental distortions; evolution of midbrain and forebrain; midbrain organization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/b6226e13227e) (Video)
12. [12. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 3: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/3c8392357159) (Video)
13. [14. CNS differentiation and axon growth, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/f667df0e35ce) (Video)
14. [15. Motor systems and brain states, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/34c6a51c5171) (Video)
15. [16. Motor systems and brain states, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/2b029ddf3f72) (Video)
16. [17. Motor systems and brain states, part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/37b9c9569e3f) (Video)
17. [18. Motor systems and brain states, part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/92d2369358fb) (Video)
18. [21. Visual systems, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/d5fc80ce7b76) (Video)
19. [22. Visual systems, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/2c1cb9be0e0d) (Video)
20. [23. Visual systems, part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/2f0fa0639c54) (Video)
21. [24. Auditory systems, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/bc284a247f37) (Video)
22. [25. Auditory systems, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/0a90d512343a) (Video)
23. [26. Forebrain evolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/5102112f0726) (Video)
24. [27. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/bab4fbb5ff4b) (Video)
25. [28. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/d71796e971ca) (Video)
26. [29. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/347b527e7cc2) (Video)
27. [30. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/c6c393f32304) (Video)
28. [31. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/ce99428d4e7a) (Video)
29. [32. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 6](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/2c668b7b76f8) (Video)
30. [33. Corpus striatum, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/d4ea1a99011f) (Video)
31. [34. Corpus striatum, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/66455922c616) (Video)
32. [35. Neocortex, part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/f9d1702be1b9) (Video)
33. [36. Neocortex, part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/99f1039d8ee7) (Video)
34. [37. Neocortex, part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/51f25f26f7a3) (Video)
35. [38. Plasticity in brain connections](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2014/76ca8ec32cd5) (Video)