Course Material (Last updated: Friday, February 10, 2012) 

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Lectures that have been given in class will have live links. Early active links can be looked at any time, or you can wait until we get there.
Link to CourseSmart eBook

1. Lecture 1: Intro to Course  (Link removed after 2 weeks)
   Additional material: Too Much Caffeine. (From Scientific American Mind, Jan/Feb 2010)
2. Impact of Brain Injury: Announcements & Handouts. 
3. Lecture 2: Behaviour and Brain 
   Cartoons
4. Lecture 3: Behaviour and Genes   
   Cartoons
5. Lecture 4: Genes and Neurons
   Blueprint Samples
6. Lecture 5: Neurons and Glia 
   Mr. Neuron's Dendrites
   Different Neuron structures
7. Lecture 6: Cell firing
   Cell sounds (below)
8. Lecture 7: Post-synaptic potentials
9. Lecture 8: Information processing
10. Lecture 9: Synaptic Chemistry 1
    Test 1
11. Lecture 10: Synaptic Chemistry 2 and Stages of Transmission illustrations
12. Lecture 11: Drugs and Methods.
13. Lecture 12: Intro to Neuroanatomy
14. Lecture 13: Neuroanatomy2 - PNS

Lecture notes posted in Moodle.  

Other lectures may be posted here or in Moodle. If in Moodle, a link will appear here. Moodle

Test Prep materials

1. SAMPLE Quiz 1.
2. Instructions/Cover for Test 1
3. Sample For Quiz 2 - Neurochemistry
4. Sample For Quiz 2 - Neuroanatomy

Sounds of Cells firing

1. Very fast,      Half Fast,          Quarter speed,      Typical speed
2. Cerebellum cells
3. Activity evoked by tapping a tooth.

Or separate link: here

Good Web videos  

1. Overview

2. Resting Membrane Potential (~ 4 min)

3. Synapse (~ 3 min)

4. Schwann cells and action potentials (for the curious) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJe3_3XsBOg

5. Dec 28 - A prosthetic eye to treat blindness.