Lab Syllabus

Functional Neuroanatomy

Lecture Syllabus

PURPOSE: To learn about the functional anatomy of the human brain and spinal cord and their supportive structures and to become acquainted with the analysis of clinical cases

SPRING 2011 -- LECTURE SCHEDULE TOPICS

Date	Day	Topic
January 18	Tu	Introduction & Neurohistology
January 20	Th	Neurohistology
January 25	Tu	Embryology
January 27	Th	Embryology
February 1	Tu	Ventricles/cerebrospinal fluid
February 3	Th	Meninges
February 8	Tu	Blood vessels
February 10	Th	Spinal Cord
February 15	Tu	Spinal nerves/Injury
February 17	Th	Pathways Ascending
February 22	Tu	LECTURE EXAMINATION I
February 24	Th	Pathways Ascending/Descending
March 1	Tu	Pathways: Descending
March 3	Th	Medulla
March 8	Tu	Pons & Reticular Formation
March 10	Th	Midbrain
March 15	Tu	Thalamus
March 17	Th	Cerebral Hemispheres
March 21	Tu	* - * - * - * - * - * - Spring Break - * - * - * - * - * - *
March 25	Th	* - * - * - * - * - * - Spring Break - * - * - * - * - * - *
March 29	Tu	Cerebral Cortex
March 31	Th	LECTURE EXAMINATION II
April 5	Tu	Hypothalamus
April 7	Th	Basal Ganglia
April 12	Tu	Cerebellum
April 14	Th	First Cranial Nerve/Limbic systems
April 19	Tu	Cranial Nerves: II, IV, VI, XII
April 21	Th	Cranial Nerves: II & VIII
April 26	Tu	Cranial Nerves: V & VII
April 28	Th	Cranial Nerves: IX, X, XI
Handout	Th	Visceral Nervous System
May 11	WED	Final 11:30 AM -2:30 PM

1. THE HUMAN BRAIN, an introduction to its functinal anatomy, John Nolte, sixth edition: Mosby-Elsevier, 2009

3. Structure of the Human Brain, A Photographic Atlas, 3rd Edition, DeArmond, Fusco, and Dewey, Oxford Press, 1989