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Section 1: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Table of Contents | Index of Terms

1. Resting Potentials & Action Potentials | John Byrne, Ph.D.
2. Ionic Mechanisms of the Action Potentials | John Byrne, Ph.D.
3. Propagation of Action Potentials | John Byrne, Ph.D.
4. Synaptic Transmission at the Skeletal Neuromuscular Junction | John Byrne, Ph.D.
5. Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Release | John Byrne, Ph.D.
6. Synaptic Transmission in the Central Nervous System | John Byrne, Ph.D.
7. Synaptic Plasticity | John Byrne, Ph.D.
8. Organization of Cell Types | Jack Waymire, Ph.D.
9. Synapse Formation / Survival / Elimination | Andrew J. Bean, Ph.D.
10. Transport and the Molecular Mechanism of Secretion Jack Waymire, Ph.D.
11. Acetylcholine Neurotransmission | Jack Waymire, Ph.D.
12. Biogenic Amine Neurotransmitters | Jack Waymire, Ph.D.
13. Amino Acid Neurotransmitters | Neal Waxham, Ph.D.
14. Neuropeptides and Nitric Oxide | Neal Waxham, Ph.D.
15. Genetics and Neuronal Disease | Andrew J. Bean, Ph.D.

Section 2: Sensory Systems

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1. Overview of the Nervous System | Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
2. Somatosensory Systems | Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
3. Anatomy of the Spinal Cord | Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
4. Somatosensory Pathways | Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
5. Somatosensory Processes | Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
6. Pain Principles | Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
7. Pain Tracts and Sources | Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
8. Pain Modulation and Mechanisms | Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
9. Chemical Senses: Olfaction and Gustation | Max O. Hutchins, Ph.D.
10. Vestibular System: Structure and Function | Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
11. Vestibular System: Pathways and Reflexes | Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
12. Auditory System: Structure and Function | Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
13. Auditory System: Pathways and Reflexes | Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
14. Visual Processing: Eye and Retina | Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
15. Visual Processing: Cortical Pathways | Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.

Section 3: Motor Systems

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1. Motor Units and Muscle Receptors | James Knierim, Ph.D.
2. Spinal Reflexes and Descending Motor Pathways | James Knierim, Ph.D.
3. Motor Cortex | James Knierim, Ph.D.
4. Basal Ganglia | James Knierim, Ph.D.
5. Cerebellum | James Knierim, Ph.D.
6. Disorders of the Motor System | James Knierim, Ph.D.
7. Ocular Motor System | Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
8. Ocular Motor Control | Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.

Section 4: Homeostasis and Higher Brain Functions

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