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Cerebral Hemispheres 2

NEUROSCIENTIFICALLY CHALLENGED

NEUROSCIENCE MADE SIMPLER

Introduction to Neuroscience

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Chapter 1: Functional Neuroanatomy

1.1 Neurons 1.2 Synapses 1.3 Glial Cells 1.4 Introduction to the Brain 1.5 Cerebral Cortex 1.6 Some Other Brain Structures 1.7 Brainstem 1.8 Meninges 1.9 Ventricles 1.10 Divisions of the Nervous System 1.11 Spinal Cord 1.12 Blood Supply of the Brain

1.13 Disorders of the Blood Supply

1.14 Brain Systems 1.15 Neuroimaging

Chapter 2: Neurophysiology

2.1 Membrane Potential and Action Potentials 2.2 Supporting Neural Signals

Chapter 3: Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology

3.1 Neurotransmitters and Receptors 3.2 Neurotransmitter Release and Receptor Actions 3.3 Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland 3.4 Hormones and the Brain

Chapter 4: Brain Development and Aging

4.1 Brain Development Across the Lifespan 4.2 Neurodevelopmental Disorders 4.3 Brain Disorders of Aging

Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception

5.1 Somatosensation (Touch) 5.2 Pain 5.3 Vision 5.4 Hearing 5.5 Vestibular System 5.6 Taste and Smell

Chapter 6: Movement

6.1 Motor Cortex and Motor Neurons 6.2 Motor Pathways 6.3 Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia in Movement 6.4 Reflexes 6.5 Movement Disorders

Chapter 7: Cranial Nerves

7.1 Cranial Nerves I–IV 7.2 Cranial Nerves V–VIII 7.3 Cranial Nerves IX–XII

Chapter 8: Reward, Addiction, and Neuropharmacology

8.1 Reward and Addiction 8.2 Areas of the Reward System 8.3 Recreational Drugs, Part 1 8.4 Recreational Drugs, Part 2 8.5 Recreational Drugs, Part 3

Chapter 9: Memory and the Hippocampus

9.1 Hippocampus and Memory 9.2 Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) and Long-Term Depression (LTD)

Chapter 10: Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

10.1 Sleep 10.2 Circadian Rhythms 10.3 Sleep Disorders and Unusual Sleep Phenomena 10.4 Sleep Drugs

Chapter 11: Disorders

11.1 Psychiatric Disorders 11.2 Neurological Disorders 11.3 Neurodegenerative Disorders 11.4 Language Disorders 11.5 Therapeutic Drugs, Part 1 11.6 Therapeutic Drugs, Part 2