Medical neurobiology

Introduction to the nervous system

Cells of the nervous system: neurons and glia

Developmental overview of neuroanatomy: the tube within the brain

Neural communication

Neuron at rest

Electrical communication within a neuron

Neurotransmitter release

Synthesis, packaging, and termination of neurotransmitters

Receiving the synaptic message

Neuroanatomy

Spinal cord: conduit between body and brain

Cranial nerves: brain sentries

Brainstem organization

Inside the brainstem: cranial nerve nuclei and long-distance connections

Forebrain: action, perception, emotion, thought

Following the nutrients: blood supply, blood-brain barrier, and ventricles

Perception

Perceiving the world

Seeing the world

Audition: communciation portal

Somatosensation: focus on pain

Vestibular sense: balance and equilibrium

Motor control

Motor unit and orderly recruitment

Reflexes and gait

From movement to action: postural stability, orienting, and praxis

Cerebellum

Basal ganglia: action selection

Gaze control

Homeostasis

Homeostatic systems: staying alive

You and the brain

Brain in a physician's life.