New courses in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences 2013-06-13T03:51:54+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course uses neuroscience methods to study the cognitive development of human infants and children. Case studies draw from research on face recognition, language, executive function, representations of objects, number and theory of mind. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=962f1cc8e270780f82dcbf691982a8ca http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-s915-developmental-cognitive-neuroscience-spring-2012 Carey, Susan Saxe, Rebecca 2012-12-13T15:02:15+05:00 9.S915 en-US development cognition theory of mind neuroscience childhood learning plasticity executive function perception MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain supports the mind. Topics include the mental and neural bases of perception, emotion, learning, memory, cognition, child development, personality, psychopathology, and social interaction. Students will consider how such knowledge relates to debates about nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self, and society. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=603c18488ac5093f0fae194b546b3cd4 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-00sc-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2011 Gabrieli, John 2012-05-01T14:18:05+05:00 9.00SC en-US psychology brain vision attention consciousness learning memory language thinking intelligence emotion personality human development stress psychopathology social psychology MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Outline of mammalian functional neuroanatomy, aided by studies of comparative neuroanatomy and evolution, and of brain development. Topics include early steps to a central nervous system, basic patterns of brain and spinal cord connections, regional development and differentiation, regeneration, motor and sensory pathways and structures, systems underlying motivations, innate action patterns, formation of habits, and various cognitive functions. Lab techniques reviewed. Optional brain dissections. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=7fa8c211119d44446cd102101957228c http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-14-brain-structure-and-its-origins-spring-2009 Schneider, Gerald 2010-06-16T13:46:35+05:00 9.14 en-US CNS structures development plasticity anatomy tissue culture embryogenesis PNS anatomy and development process outgrowth synaptogenesis growth factors cell survival spinal and hindbrain anatomy comparative anatomy CNS evolution trigeminal system retinotectal system development plasticity regeneration neocortex anatomy olfactory system corpus striatum brain transplants limbic system MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm 9.63 teaches principles of experimental methods in human perception and cognition, including design and statistical analysis. The course combines lectures and hands-on experimental exercises and requires an independent experimental project. Some experience in programming is desirable. To foster improved writing and presentation skills in conducting and critiquing research in cognitive science, students are required to provide reports and give oral presentations of three team experiments. A fourth individually conducted experiment includes a proposal with revision, and concluding written and oral reports. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=be8010cdbe3a466496ed23251d56b3f9 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-63-laboratory-in-visual-cognition-fall-2009 Oliva, Aude 2010-06-15T14:26:48+05:00 9.63 en-US cognitive science human perception cognition statistical analysis signal detection theory single factor design factorial design matlab correlational studies ethics in research visual cognition thought psychology and cognitive science information processing organization of visual cognitive abilities. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain and our mind. This course covers social development, social behaviour, social cognition and social neuroscience, in both human and non-human social animals. Topics include altruism, empathy, communication, theory of mind, aggression, power, groups, mating, and morality. Methods include evolutionary biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology and anthropology. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=d6d05156a3b6248b14a5ced90cdec9d4 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-916-special-topics-social-animals-fall-2009 Saxe, Rebecca 2010-05-07T15:14:05+05:00 9.916 en-US social animals social animals society human society members community living together mutual benefit people region country world whole association body individuals functional interdependence national or cultural identity social solidarity language or hierarchical organization patterns of relationships between individuals sharing a distinctive culture and institutions groups economic social or industrial infrastructure made up of a varied collection of individuals ethnic groups nation state broader cultural group organized voluntary association of people for religious benevolent cultural scientific political patriotic or other purposes. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that are intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Are our concepts innate, or are they acquired by experience? (And what does it even mean to call a concept 'innate'?) Are 'mental images' pictures in the head? Is color in the mind or in the world? Is the mind nothing more than the brain? Can there be a science of consciousness? The course will include guest lectures by Professors. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=5df49282fbe98882cfa2a58194d020ed http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-35-sensation-and-perception-spring-2009 Balas, Benjamin 2009-12-21T16:59:46+05:00 9.35 en-US vision sensation perception psychophysics illusion depth parallax motion occlusion matching recognition smell taste hearing perspective sight figure ground completion modal senses stimuli system vision perception color motion form depth. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Affect is to cognition and behavior as feeling is to thinking and acting, or as values are to beliefs and practices. Considers these relations, both at the psychological level of organization and also in terms of their neurobiological and sociocultural counterparts. In addition to attending weekly class sessions and doing regular homework assignments, students are required to participate in small study groups that meet independently for two hours per week. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=4db9eecf1e1935c05d885126d0178804 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-68-affect-biological-psychological-and-social-aspects-of-feelings-spring-2009 Chorover, Stephan 2009-12-15T12:05:09+05:00 9.68 en-US Affect cognition behavior feeling thinking acting values beliefs practices relations organization neurobiology sociocultural Psychology Biological Social Aspects exercise behavior stress environmental factors ecological identity human relationship with nature positive affiliations therapeutic education natural care MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Our conjoint participation in the 9.70 learning system places us in a consensually-shared social situation. (All of the foregoing words are important. Do you understand their meaning in this context?) We will endeavor to organize ourselves into a community of discourse that approximates (albeit in an altogether partial way) a meaningful, real-world research enterprise: Like all scientific communities, we will work with limited resources. Unlike "real" scientific communities, ours will operate under the constraint of predetermined project duration and contractually agreed-upon limits in the amount of time and effort to be contributed to it by the individual participants. Toward this end, we randomly divide the membership of the class – at the outset — into subsystems – study groups — intended to operate interdependently with others while each remains together as a stable subsystem for the duration of the term, unless or until the participants determine otherwise. This approach creates a "level playing field." The coursework will provide everyone with first hand opportunities to experience and to exchange ideas about what it means to scientifically investigate (experimentally/experientially) the subject before us on individual, small group and large group levels. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=b7b2147be59048c3f94d01702b472a1f http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-70-social-psychology-spring-2009 Chorover, Stephan 2009-12-14T14:00:16+05:00 9.70 en-US group dynamics thoughts feelings actions influence beliefs values practices groups Psychology social psychology ethics self-esteem aggression social psychology complex social creatures mental functions behavior symbolic interpretation critical analysis social sciences sociology perception cognition attention emotion motivation personality behavior interpersonal relationships human activity physiological neurological human development natural sciences humanities psychologist. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm An opportunity for graduate study of advanced subjects in Brain and Cognitive Sciences not included in other subject listings. The key topics covered in this course are Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Genetics of Psychiatric Disorder, DISC1, Ca++ Signaling, Neurogenesis and Depression, Lithium and GSK3 Hypothesis, Behavioral Assays, CREB in Addiction and Depressive Behaviors, The GABA System-I, The GABA System-II, The Glutamate Hypothesis of Schizophrenia, The Dopamine Pathway and DARPP32. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a1bd24309dd7c4fabbe8a17397404250 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-914-special-topics-genetics-neurobiology-and-pathophysiology-of-psychiatric-disorders-fall-2008 Scolnick, Edward Tsai, Li-Huei 2009-12-11T16:27:22+05:00 9.914 en-US Brain and Cognitive Sciences Bipolar Disorder Psychosis Schizophrenia Genetics of Psychiatric Disorder DISC1 Ca++ Signaling Neurogenesis & Depression Lithium and GSK3 Hypothesis Behavioral Assays CREB in Addiction & Depressive Behaviors The GABA System-I The GABA System-II The Glutamate Hypothesis of Schizophrenia The Dopamine Pathway & DARPP32 Genetics Neurobiology Pathophysiology Psychiatry MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm We are now at an unprecedented point in the field of neuroscience: We can watch the human brain in action as it sees, thinks, decides, reads, and remembers. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is the only method that enables us to monitor local neural activity in the normal human brain in a noninvasive fashion and with good spatial resolution. A large number of far-reaching and fundamental questions about the human mind and brain can now be answered using straightforward applications of this technology. This is particularly true in the area of high-level vision, the study of how we interpret and use visual information including object recognition, mental imagery, visual attention, perceptual awareness, visually guided action, and visual memory. The goals of this course are to help students become savvy and critical readers of the current neuroimaging literature, to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the technique, and to design their own cutting-edge, theoretically motivated studies. Students will read, present to the class, and critique recently published neuroimaging articles, as well as write detailed proposals for experiments of their own. Lectures will cover the theoretical background on some of the major areas in high-level vision, as well as an overview of what fMRI has taught us and can in future teach us about each of these topics. Lectures and discussions will also cover fMRI methods and experimental design. A prior course in statistics and at least one course in perception or cognition are required. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=531c0822480f46173cf3fcd0af0c2dc4 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-71-functional-mri-of-high-level-vision-fall-2007 Kanwisher, Nancy 2009-09-10T12:23:03+05:00 9.71 en-US functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) neural activity human brain noninvasive resolution high-level vision object recognition visual attention perceptual awareness visually guided action visual memory voxelwise analysis conjugate mirroring interleaved stimulus presentation magnetization following excitation active voxels scanner drift trial sorting collinear factors different model factors mock scanner scanner session visual stimulation task hemoglobin signal labeling plane nearby voxels shimming coils bias field estimation conscious encoding spiral imaging functional resolution hemodynamic activity direct cortical stimulation physiological noise refractory effects independent statistical tests. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is an introduction to the mammalian nervous system, with emphasis on the structure and function of the human brain. Topics include the function of nerve cells, sensory systems, control of movement, learning and memory, and diseases of the brain. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=553179a81a8b7b514ad4e44dcee4ab76 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-01-introduction-to-neuroscience-fall-2007 Bear, Mark Seung, Sebastian 2009-07-20T09:21:25+05:00 9.01 en-US neuroscience vision hearing neuroanatomy color vision blind spot retinal phototransduction cortical maps primary visual cortex complex cells extrastriate cortex ear cochlea basilar membrane auditory transduction hair cells phase-locking sound localization auditory cortex somatosensory system motor system synaptic transmission action potential sympathetic neurons parasympathetic neurons cellual neurophysiology learning memory MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The neuropharmacology course will discuss the drug-induced changes in functioning of the nervous system. The specific focus of this course will be to provide a description of the cellular and molecular actions of drugs on synaptic transmission. This course will also refer to specific diseases of the nervous system and their treatment in addition to giving an overview of the techniques used for the study of neuropharmacology. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1c539b5a5841662cbfbf7a36bcf592c5 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-98-neuropharmacology-january-iap-2009 Tropea, Daniela 2009-06-23T15:03:13+05:00 9.98 en-US antidepressant psychopharmacology neurology neuroscience pharmacology synapse seratonin drug disposition tolerance physical dependence model depot binding classic antipsychotic drugs experimental substance use anabolic steroid dependence biobehavioral effects positive reinforcement model phenethylamine hallucinogens discriminative stimulus effects nicotine reinforcement somatodendritic autoreceptors selected brain areas many psychoactive drugs terminal autoreceptors abstinence signs motor side effects drug reinforcement other psychostimulants postsynaptic cell nicotine tolerance abstinent smokers behavioral tolerance chronic drug use susceptibility models MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the major areas of cellular and molecular neurobiology, including excitable cells and membranes, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission, cell-type determination, axon guidance, neuronal cell biology, neurotrophin signaling and cell survival, synapse formation and neural plasticity. Material includes lectures and exams, and involves presentation and discussion of primary literature. It focuses on major concepts and recent advances in experimental neuroscience. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=c860102e2ddba53f8722ffd6ba865317 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-013j-cell-and-molecular-neurobiology-spring-2008 Constantine-Paton, Martha Sheng, Morgan Quinn, William 2009-04-05T23:14:33+05:00 9.013J 7.68J en-US cellular molecular neurobiology cells membranes ion channels receptors synaptic transmission axon guidance targeting neuronal cell biology synapse formation plasticity MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control, navigation, and memory. It introduces basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition, and discusses methods by which inferences about the brain bases of cognition are made. We consider evidence from patients with neurological diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Balint's syndrome, amnesia, and focal lesions from stroke) and from normal human participants. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1fdffc77695b5493ec4311d10560501c http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-10-cognitive-neuroscience-spring-2006 Corkin, Suzanne 2008-07-17T16:06:29+05:00 9.10 en-US emphasizing attention vision language motor control memory functional imaging techniques cognition neurological diseases Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease Huntington's disease Balint's syndrome amnesia focal lesions stroke MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course highlights the interplay between cellular and molecular storage mechanisms and the cognitive neuroscience of memory, with an emphasis on human and animal models of hippocampal mechanisms and function. Class sessions include lectures and discussion of papers. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=fb6ec1bc2008b38450c877d51fd4796b http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-03-neural-basis-of-learning-and-memory-fall-2007 Wilson, Matt Corkin, Suzanne 2008-07-17T00:27:32+05:00 9.03 en-US learning memory neural plasticity electrophysiology hippocampus synapse aplysia drosophlia NMDA semantic memory working memory short-term memory alzheimer's disease skill learning mirror neurons short-term long-term MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course considers the process of neurotransmission, especially chemicals used in the brain and elsewhere to carry signals from nerve terminals to the structures they innervate. We focus on monoamine transmitters (acetylcholine; serotonin; dopamine and norepinephrine); we also examine amino acid and peptide transmitters and neuromodulators like adenosine. Macromolecules that mediate neurotransmitter synthesis, release, inactivation and receptor-mediated actions are discussed, as well as factors that regulate their activity and the second-messenger systems and ion fluxes that they control. The involvement of particular neurotransmitters in human diseases is considered. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3ac1e0e4115a9ad4eb01d11232af1628 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-15-biochemistry-and-pharmacology-of-synaptic-transmission-fall-2007 Wurtman, Richard 2008-05-30T01:27:49+05:00 9.15 9.150 en-US Neurotransmitter antidepressant brain lipid blood brain barrier dopamine parkinson's disease serotonin depression glutamate aspartate NDMA drug drug discovery pharmaceutical signaling pathway receptor spinal cord marijuana adensosine histamine. MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines the neural bases of visual and auditory processing for perception and sensorimotor control, focusing on physiological and anatomical studies of the mammalian nervous system as well as behavioral studies of animals and humans. Visual pattern, color and depth perception, auditory responses and speech coding, and spatial localization are studied. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=1bad3570c4e09182bbd9b6aa93ce7108 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-04-neural-basis-of-vision-and-audition-fall-2006 Brown, M. Christian Schiller, Peter H. 2007-11-15T16:40:26+05:00 9.04 en-US visual processing auditory processing perception sensorimotor control nervous system depth perception auditory responses speech coding spatial localization retina lateral geniculate nucleus visual cortex auditory nerve Cochlear brainstem reflexes sound localization auditory cortex MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This seminar focuses on the cognitive science of moral reasoning. Philosophers debate how we decide which moral actions are permissible. Is it permissible to take one human life in order to save others? We have powerful and surprisingly rich and subtle intuitions to such questions.In this class, you will learn how intuitions can be studied using formal analytical paradigms and behavioral experiments. Thursday evening, meet to learn about recent advances in theories of moral reasoning. Overnight, formulate a hypothesis about the structure of moral reasoning and design a questionnaire-based experiment to test this. Friday, present and select 1-2 proposals and collect data; we will then reconvene to analyze and discuss results and implications for the structure of the moral mind.This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=8bae6eb487aaae4cdf3f6e7f300084ed http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-93-marathon-moral-reasoning-laboratory-january-iap-2007 Mikhail, John Tenenbaum, Joshua Saxe, Rebecca 2007-05-17T01:33:18+05:00 9.93 en-US cognitive science moral reasoning moral actions permissible human life intuition analytical paradigm behavioral experiment questionnaire experiment structure of human mind MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Designed for students without previous experience in techniques of cellular and molecular biology, this class teaches basic experimental techniques in cellular and molecular neurobiology. Experimental approaches covered include tissue culture of neuronal cell lines, dissection and culture of brain cells, DNA manipulation, synaptic protein analysis, immunocytochemistry, and fluorescent microscopy. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=412cfbb9fe34c0214ee7d960e7798a2b http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-12-experimental-molecular-neurobiology-fall-2006 Lois, Carlos Hayashi, Yasunori 2007-05-11T01:30:28+05:00 9.12 en-US molecular biology GFP RFP neurons experimental techniques genetic sequencing vector design plasmid polymerase chain reaction transfection cell culture gel electrophoresis Western blotting Northern blotting Southern blotting perfusion lab animals brain dissection MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is designed to provide an understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease, and is intended for both the Brain and Cognitive Sciences major and the non-Brain and Cognitive Sciences major. Knowledge of how the human brain works is important for all citizens, and the lessons to be learned have enormous implications for public policy makers and educators. The course will cover the regional anatomy of the brain and provide an introduction to the cellular function of neurons, synapses and neurotransmitters. Commonly used drugs that alter brain function can be understood through a knowledge of neurotransmitters. Along similar lines, common diseases that illustrate normal brain function will be discussed. Experimental animal studies that reveal how the brain works will be reviewed. Throughout the seminar we will discuss clinical cases from Dr. Byrne's experience that illustrate brain function; in addition, articles from the scientific literature will be discussed in each class. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=cb052643f8bd6f03ca3a145427b1aa44 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-22j-a-clinical-approach-to-the-human-brain-fall-2006 Byrne, Thomas 2007-04-27T01:01:03+05:00 9.22J HST.422J en-US brain fMRI visual spatial dyslexia development motor activities anatomy cellular function neurons synapes neurotransmitters diseases animal studies clinical cases activity-dependent development critical periods plasticity learning emotional disorders vision language motor function pain placebo effects emotional states education dementia MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm