Fundamentals of Neuroscience

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## Introduction

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Welcome to the Fundamentals of Neuroscience course at Wikiversity! This course provides a general introduction to the most essential principles of neuroscience, from neuron to perception, intended to give a strong foundational understanding of the human brain and nervous system so that this foundation can be expanded on by more advanced topics like those found elsewhere in Topic: Neuroscience.

## Lessons

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A Chimpanzee brain

Conceptual Overviews:

* Lesson 1: What is Neuroscience?
* Lesson 2: Neural Cells
* Lesson 3: Neural Signaling
* Lesson 4: Classification of the Nervous System
* Lesson 5: Divisions of the Brain

Focused Topics:

* Lesson 6: Development

* Lesson 7: Sleep

* Lesson 8: Memory

* Lesson 9: Language

* Lesson 10: Emotion

Senses and Movement:

* Lesson 11: Sight

* Lesson 12: Hearing

* Lesson 13: Taste and Smell

* Lesson 14: Pain and Touch

* Lesson 15: Movement

Disorders:

* Lesson 16: Developmental Disorders

* Lesson 17: Degenerative Disorders

* Lesson 18: Psychiatric Disorders

* Lesson 19: Injury Disorders

* Lesson 20: Other Disorders

In addition, these supplemental lessons, which cover more technical topics, may be of interest:

* Lesson A: Basic Cell Biology

* Lesson B: Properties of Electrical Currents

* Lesson C: Membrane Potential at Rest

## Exams

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Ready to test your knowledge? Go to the Exams section.

## Instructor

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If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to contact Kernsters.

## References and Resources

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* Topic: Neuroscience includes a wide variety of wikipedia and wikiversity topics
* The Human Brain Book, by Rita Carter, contains many great overviews that are similar in complexity level to these lessons
* Brain Facts, published by the Society for Neuroscience, is a very good free resource, covering a broad array of neuroscience topics at a comfortable depth
* Neuroscience Online is a useful free-access and highly detailed textbook offered through the UTH Medical Center website.
* Biology, by Campbell and Reece, has well-written but fairly short chapters on many relevant topics, plus offers a firm grounding for those struggling with the biology aspects of the course
* Robert Sapolsky's Human Behavioral Biology lecture series, which can be found free online, is highly informative and entertaining, although hovers in difficulty level at an intermediate or slightly greater range
* Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, by Bear, Connors, and Paradiso is an excellent source of information at an advanced college level