Lectures (Video)
- 1. Introduction to Brain-behavior Studies
- 2. History and Goals II
- 3. History and Goals III
- 4. History and Goals IV
- 5. Cellular Mechanisms
- 6. Neuronal Conduction and Transmission
- 7. Synapses, Neuroanatomical Techniques
- 8. Introduction to CNS and its Evolution
- 9. Reflex and Cerebellar Channels
- 10. Brain Subdivisions, Channels of Conduction
- 11. Transection Effects, Neocortex
- 12. Spinal Cord, Autonomic NS
- 13. Hindbrain and Midbrain
- 14. Midbrain and Forebrain
- 15. Development of CNS
- 16. Cell migration, Axon Growth Stages
- 17. Influences on Axon Growth
- 18. Axonal Sprouting and Regeneration
- 19. Motor System 1
- 20. Motor System 2
- 21. Motor System 3
- 23. Rhythms of Activity, Sleep and Waking
- 24. Sleep and Waking II
- 25. Habituation, Novelty Responses
- 26. Visual System 1: Anatomy, Ablations
- 27. Visual System 2: Physiology
- 29. Visual System 4: Ablations
- 30. Visual System Conclusion
- 31. Auditory System
- 33. Hypothalamus and Feeding
Neuroscience and Behavior
Course Summary
This course is based on 9.01 Neuroscience and Behavior made available by Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
This course covers the relation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include functional neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, sensory and motor systems, centrally programmed behavior, sensory systems, sleep and dreaming, motivation and reward, emotional displays of various types, "higher functions" and the neocortex, and neural processes in learning and memory.
(Note: Only audio recordings of the lectures are available)
Reading Material
1. Textbook (MIT 9.01): Biological PsychologyRosenzweig, Mark R., Arnold L. Leiman, and S. Marc Breedlove. Biological Psychology. 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2002. ISBN: 0878937099.
2. Supplementary Textbook (MIT 9.01): Fundamental Neuroanatomy
Nauta, Walle J. H., and Michael Feirtag. Fundamental Neuroanatomy. Anatomical drawings by Carol Donner. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 1986. ISBN: 0716717220.
3. Supplementary Textbook (MIT 9.01): The Triumph of the Embryo
Wolpert, Lewis. The Triumph of the Embryo. With illustrations drawn by Debra Skinner. Oxford (England); New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN: 0198542437.
4. Supplementary Textbook (MIT 9.01): Cognitive Neuroscience
Gazzaniga, Michael S., Richard B. Ivry, and George R. Mangun. Cognitive Neuroscience. The Biology of the Mind. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. ISBN: 0393972194.
Course Material
1. Assignments (MIT 9.01)Writing assigments for the course 9.01 Neuroscience and Behaviour
2. Exam questions (MIT 9.01)
Sample exam questions for the course 9.01 Neuroscience and Behavior
