Medical Neuroscience (BMS 6020)

This course provides an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to the study of the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system. The course includes a review of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuroembryology, neurohistology, neurophysiology, and higher cortical function. Sensory and motor system functions are also stressed. The laboratory portion of the course is intensive, allowing students to develop a working knowledge of human brain structure and organization. There also is a strong emphasis on applying basic science information to actual clinical problems.

Course Director:
• Ritz, Louis

Course Documents

• Core Course Documents
• Med Neuro Course Logistics (1/8/2012)
• Class Schedule with suggested readings (1/8/2012)
• Course Syllabus (1/8/2012)
• Daily Lab Assignments (1/8/2012)
• Hit List 1 (1/8/2012)
• Hit List 2 (1/8/2012)
• Exam 2 Logistics (1/28/2012)
• Shelf Suggestions (2/2/2012)
• Course Textbook - "Medical Neuroscience"
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 1 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 2 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 3 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 4 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 5 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 6 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 7 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 8 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 9 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 10 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 11 (12/22/2011)
• Medical Neuroscience Chapter 12 (12/22/2011)
• Lectures
• Neurohistology (1/6/2012)
• PNS Degen Regen (1/6/2012)
• Neural Development (1/10/2012)
• BBB and CSF (1/10/2012)
• Chemical Neurotransmission (1/11/2012)
• Electrophysiology (1/11/2012)
• Neurotransmitter Systems I Updated (1/12/2012)
• CNS Disease and Injury (1/11/2012)
• Cerebrovasculature Anatomy (1/11/2012)
• Stroke (1/11/2012)
• Neurosurgeon and the Mind (1/17/2012)
• CNS Repair and Neuroplasticity (1/17/2012)
• Neurotransmitters II (1/17/2012)
• Spinal Cord (1/17/2012)
• Somatosensory Systems (1/28/2012)
• Motor Systems I (1/28/2012)
• Motor Systems II (1/28/2012)
• Cerebellum (1/28/2012)
• Cranial Nerves (1/28/2012)
• Eye Movements (1/28/2012)
• Eye Movements Hooten (1/28/2012)
• Neurobiology of Pain (1/28/2012)
• Basal Ganglia (1/28/2012)
• Visual System Lectures Outline (1/28/2012)
• Visual System Worksheets (1/28/2012)
• Visual System Slides (1/28/2012)
• Auditory System (1/28/2012)
• Vestibular System (1/28/2012)
• Autonomic Nervous System (2/1/2012)
• Higher Cortical Function (2/1/2012)
• Arousal Sleep Attention (2/1/2012)
• Frontal Lobes (2/1/2012)
• Neurobiology of Addiction (2/2/2012)
• Epilepsy (2/6/2012)
• Hypothalamus (2/6/2012)
• Memory Systems (2/6/2012)
• Heilman Language Models (2/8/2012)
• Lab Intros
• Lab Intro 1 Staff (1/12/2012)
• Lab Intro 2 Staff (1/12/2012)
• Lab Intro 3 Staff (1/12/2012)
• Cerebrovasculature Preview (1/12/2012)
• Lab Intro 4 Staff (1/17/2012)
• Neuroimaging (1/17/2012)
• Lab Intro 5 Staff (2/1/2012)
• Lab Intro 6 Staff (2/1/2012)
• Lab Intro 7 Staff (2/1/2012)
• Lab Intro 8 Staff (2/1/2012)
• Lab Intro 9 Staff (2/1/2012)
• Blue and Orange Review (2/1/2012)
• Medical Neuroscience Histology
• Histology Medical Neuroscience (9/14/2011)
• Atlas
• Lab Materials
• Workbook CN III (9/14/2011)
• Workbook CN IV (9/14/2011)
• Workbook CN V (9/14/2011)
• Workbook CN VI & VII (9/14/2011)
• Workbook CN VIII & IX (9/14/2011)
• Workbook CN X & XII (9/14/2011)
• Workbook Sensory Decussation (9/14/2011)
• Workbook Motor Decussation (9/14/2011)
• Workbook Cervical Spinal Cord (9/14/2011)
• Gross Practical (9/14/2011)
• Practice Practical 1 (9/14/2011)
• Practice Practical 2 (9/14/2011)
• Practice Practical 3 (9/14/2011)
• Practice Practical 4 (9/14/2011)
• Practice Practical 5 (9/14/2011)
• Name-the-Lesion cases
• Neuroscience Cases (1/30/2012)
• Name-the-Lesion Materials
• NTL Guide (2/1/2012)
• NTL Problem Set (2/1/2012)
• NTL in-class intro (2/1/2012)
• Neuroanatomy Videos - 1 very useful, 2 OK useful, 3 less useful
• 2 - Anterior commissure and the basal ganglia (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Relationship of the amygdala and hippocampus (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Relationship of the amygdala and hippocampus w/ cortex (1/7/2012)
• 2 - Relationship of the amygdala and the temporal horn (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Auditory radiations-projections from MGN to primary auditory cortex (1/7/2012)
• 1 - External fetures of the brainstem (1/7/2012)
• 3 - Brainstem with cerebellum (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Brainstem without cerebellum (1/7/2012)
• 1 - View of the caudate as it wraps the lateral ventricle (1/7/2012)
• 2 - Deep cerebellar nuclei in the cerebellar white matter (1/7/2012)
• 2 - Dorsal spinocerebellar and cuneocerebellar tracts (1/7/2012)
• 3 - Choroid plexus in the ventricular system (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Choroid plexus in the ventricular system 2 (1/7/2012)
• 1 - The circle of Willis (1/7/2012)
• 3 - Claustrum (1/7/2012)
• 2 - Cranial nerves on exterior brainstem (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Level of CN X nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Level of CN XI nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Level of CN XII nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Level of CN III nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1- Level of CN IV nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Level of CN V motor nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Level of CN V sensory nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Spinal trigeminal nucleus of CN V (1/7/2012)
• 3 - Level of CN VII nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 3 - Level of CN VIII nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 2 - Level of CN IX nuclei (1/7/2012)
• 2 - Motor nuclei of the brainstem cranial nerves (1/7/2012)
• 1 - Sensory nuclei of the brainstem cranial nerves (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Corpus callosum (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Corticopontine tracts (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Dentate nuclei of the cerebellum and projections out the SCP (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Parts of the diencephalon (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Relationship of diencephalon inside telencephalon (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Development of the CNS in a 16mm fetus (1/8/2012)
• 2 - An exploded view of the brain and its parts (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Fastigial nucleus of the cerebellum and its efferent connections (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Globus pallidus and relation of anterior commissure (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Hippocampal formation along the medial wall, lateral ventricle (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Hippocampal/septal nuclei connection via fornix (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Close-up of the hippocampal formation (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Hypothalamus in relation to the third ventricle (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Internal capsule and cerebral peduncles (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Interpositus nuclei of the cerebellum and its efferent connections (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Language areas in the left cerebral cortex (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Lateral lemniscal connections to the medial geniculate nucleus (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Putamen and globus pallidus in the telencephalon (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Putamen and globus pallidus and the relation to the ventricular system (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Parts of the limbic/memory system (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Lobes of the cerebral cortex, frontal view (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Lobes of the cerebral cortex, lateral view (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Lobes of the cerebral cortex, lateral view (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Lobes of the cerebral cortex, mid-saggital view (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Lobes of the cerebral cortex, ventral view (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Locus coeruleus location (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Medial lemniscus pathway (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Medial lemniscus and ventral trigeminothalamic tract (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Medial lemniscus and ventral trigeminothalamic tract (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Motor cortex location, homunculus and projections (1/8/2012)
• 2 - MRI of the brain, axial cuts (1/8/2012)
• 2 - MRI of the brain, coronal cuts (1/8/2012)
• 2 - MRI of the brain, sagittal cuts (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Nucleus accumbens, relationship to the caudate/putamen and internal capsule (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Nucleus accumbens, relationship to the caudate/putamen (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Nucleus basalis of Meynert (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Nucleus solitarius and its tract (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Optic tract, LGN, optic radiations and primary visual cortex (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Planum temporale and relation to Heschel's gyrus (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Putamen in relationship to the ventricular system (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Pyramidal tracts from primary motor through decussation (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Septal nuclei and nucleus basalis of Meynert (basal forebrain) (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Septal nuclei and relation to the septum pellucidum (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Somatosensory cortex and thalamocortical projections (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Spinal cord levels (1/8/2012)
• 1 - The striatum (basal ganglia) (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Caudate/putamen within the telencephalon (1/8/2012)
• 1 - The basal ganglia and the relation to the ventricular system (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Spinothalamic tract (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Spinothalamic tract 2 (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Spinothalamic tract and ventral trigeminothalamic tract (pain/temp) (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Substantial nigra location in the brainstem (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Location of the subthalamus and the subthalamic nuclei (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Subthalamic nuclei and substantia nigra (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Location of the thalamus in the cerebral hemispheres/ventricular system (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Ventral view of the brain (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Lateral view of the ventricular system (1/8/2012)
• 2 - Medial view of the ventricular system (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Ventricular system within the cerebral cortex (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Parts of the ventricular system within the cerebral cortex (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Parts of the ventricular system within the cerebral cortex 3 (1/8/2012)
• 2 - The ventricular system in situ (1/8/2012)
• V3 - entricular system, ventral view (1/8/2012)
• 3 - Visceral efferents of the cranial nerve nuclei (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Ventral trigeminothalamic tract pathway (1/8/2012)
• 1 - Ventral trigeminothalamic tract with the medial lemniscus (touch/prop) (1/8/2012)
• Useful Links
• Other Websites to Visit (12/22/2011)
• Videotaped lectures

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