Brain Structure and its Origins, Spring 2005
- Author:
- Schneider, Gerald
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Institution Name:
- M.I.T.
- Collection:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Abstract:
Lectures plus guided readings and discussion with project reports, covering major CNS structures, with emphasis on systems being used as models for experimental studies of development and plasticity. Topics include: basic patterns of connections in CNS; review of lab techniques (anatomy, tissue culture); embryogenesis; PNS anatomy and development; process outgrowth and synaptogenesis; growth factors and cell survival; spinal and hindbrain anatomy; development of regional specificity with introduction to comparative anatomy and CNS evolution; trigeminal system; retinotectal system development, plasticity, regeneration; neocortex anatomy and development; olfactory system; corpus striatum; brain transplants; limbic system and hippocampal anatomy and plasticity.
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Audio Lectures, Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi
- Media Format:
- Audio, Text/HTML, Downloadable docs
- Conditions of Use:
-
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0
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