Neuroanatomy

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the normal anatomy and function of the human central nervous system. This comprehensive course covers basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology in both a lecture and laboratory format. Students are presented with content comprising a broad conceptual framework for appreciation of normal neural structure, function, and development. The course builds on students’ knowledge of neural structure and function to understand complex brain activities such as sleep, learning and memory, emotion, language, and cognition. The knowledge of normal neural structure and homeostasis is used as a platform for an appreciation of clinical neural dysfunction; i.e., to provide a fundamental understanding of the human nervous system in health and disease. Thus, at the end of the course, students will be able to relate the function of the normal human nervous system to dysfunction underlying exemplary neurological deficits and psychiatric disorders.