Understanding the brain

Part I : Lecture 1. Historical underpinnings of neuroscience Lecture 2. Central nervouse systemgross organization Lecture 3. Central nervous system... internal organization Lecture 4. Central nervous system... subdivisions Lecture 5. Cortex... lobes and areas Lecture 6. Cortex... sensory, motor, and association areas Lecture 7. Central nervous system... -development Lecture 8. Central nervous system... cellular organization Lecture 9. Pathways and synapses Lecture 10. Neurotransmitters Lecture 11. Stroke Lecture 12. The visual systemthe eye

Part II : Lecture 13. The visual system... the cortex Lecture 14. The auditory system Lecture 15. The somatosensory system Lecture 16. Agnosias Lecture 17. The motor system... voluntary movement Lecture 18. The motor system... coordinated movement Lecture 19. Parkinson's disease Lecture 20. Language Lecture 21. The limbic systemanatomy Lecture 22. The limbic system... biochemistry Lecture 23. Depression Lecture 24. The reward systemanatomy

Part III : Lecture 25. The reward system

drugs

Lecture 26. Brain plasticity

Lecture 27. Emotion and executive function

Lecture 28. Processing of negative emotions

fear

Lecture 29. Music and the brain

Lecture 30. Sexual dimorphism of the brain

Lecture 31. Sleep and dreaming

Lecture 32. Consciousness and the self

Lecture 33. Alzheimer's disease

Lecture 34. Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Lecture 35. Wellness and the brain

effects of stress

Lecture 36. Neuroscience

looking back and looking ahead.