Functional Human Neuroanatomy (NSC4366 or HCS7344)
COURSE
DESCRIPTION
This
course will introduce students to the anatomical organization and basic
functional principles of the major systems that work together in the human
brain: sensory, motor, cortical and modulatory.Students
will learn to visually identify specific structures on photographs of sectioned
and gross brain specimens, magnetic resonance images (MRIs) and dissected
brain specimens. The function of the major systems will be related to lesions
at specific sites in the neural pathways that connect them (e.g. a patient
with a lesion of the optic chiasm, possibly due to a pituitary neoplasm,
would suffer bitemporal hemianopsia). This course will prepare students
with the medical terminology and neurological concepts for a general understanding
of the human brain and its functions in relation to disease and behavior.This
course is based upon medical school material and successful completion
of this course will greatly benefit aspiring medical students. This semester
will be the first to employ the new text, The Human Brain by
John Nolte. There are no
prerequisites for this course and students from all disciplines are encouraged
to participate.Grading will be based
upon class participation, midterm and comprehensive final exams. The undergraduate
course is a core requirement for the Neuroscience degree. The graduate
course is an advanced elective for the Cognition and Neuroscience area
and is accepted toward the Cognition and Neuroscience minor for doctoral
students from other areas.
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