Course Summary
This course covers the basic principles of medical neuroscience and is designed to provide students with an understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system.Key Learning Points
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the nervous system and its functions
- Learn about the different types of neurons and their roles in the nervous system
- Understand how the nervous system is affected by various diseases and disorders
Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have
- USA: $244,000
- India: ₹2,000,000
- Spain: €69,000
- USA: $244,000
- India: ₹2,000,000
- Spain: €69,000
- USA: $97,000
- India: ₹1,000,000
- Spain: €28,000
- USA: $244,000
- India: ₹2,000,000
- Spain: €69,000
- USA: $97,000
- India: ₹1,000,000
- Spain: €28,000
- USA: $609,000
- India: ₹5,000,000
- Spain: €184,000
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the basic principles of medical neuroscience
- Gain an understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system
- Learn how the nervous system is affected by various diseases and disorders
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic knowledge of biology
- Familiarity with medical terminology
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
Similar Courses
- Introduction to Neuroscience
- Neuroscience and Behavior
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Neuroscientist
- Neuroanatomist
Related Books
Description
Medical Neuroscience explores the functional organization and neurophysiology of the human central nervous system, while providing a neurobiological framework for understanding human behavior. In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition. The overall goal of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding the impairments of sensation, action and cognition that accompany injury, disease or dysfunction in the central nervous system. The course will build upon knowledge acquired through prior studies of cell and molecular biology, general physiology and human anatomy, as we focus primarily on the central nervous system.
Outline
- Getting Started in Medical Neuroscience
- Professor White's Career in Neuroscience
- The Scope of Medical Neuroscience
- Learning resources for Medical Neuroscience
- Your Part!
- "Neur-run" with Professor White
- Learning Objectives
- Your Mentor Team
- Preliminary Quiz: Are you ready for Medical Neuroscience?
- Neuroanatomy: Introducing the Human Brain
- Professor White's Favorite Places in the Human Brain
- Functional Microanatomy of Neurons
- Non-Neural Cells of the CNS
- Basic Orientation in the Human CNS
- Introduction, Learning Objectives and Recommended Reading
- Cells of the CNS and Basic Orientation
- Neuroanatomy: Surface Anatomy of the Human CNS
- Lateral Surface of the Brain
- Medial Surface of the Brain
- Finding the Central Sulcus
- Ventral Surface of the Brain
- Building a Digital Brain (Fingers to Gyri)
- Surface Anatomy of the Brainstem
- Blood Supply to the Brain
- Overview of the Cranial Nerves
- Overview of the Spinal Nerves
- Localizing the Cranial Nerves
- Cranial Nerve Function, part 1
- Cranial Nerve Function, part 2
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Cerebral Cortex, Brainstem, and Blood Supply
- Cranial and Spinal Nerves
- Neuroanatomy: Internal Anatomy of the Human CNS
- Internal Anatomy of the Brainstem
- Cranial Nerve Nuclei, part 1
- Cranial Nerve Nuclei, part 2
- Cranial Nerve Nuclei, part 3
- Cranial Nerve Nuclei, part 4
- Internal Anatomy of the Spinal Cord - Gray and White Matter
- Internal Anatomy of the Spinal Cord -Longitudinal Organization
- Internal Anatomy of the Spinal Cord In Cross Sections
- Ventricles
- Overview of the Internal Capsule and Deep Gray Matter
- Localizing the Internal Capsule and Deep Gray Matter In Brain Slabs
- Localizing the Internal Capsule and Deep Gray Matter In Sylvius Atlases
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Brainstem and Spinal Cord
- Forebrain
- Neural Signaling: Electrical Excitability and Signal Propagation
- Overview of Neuronal Signaling
- Ionic Basis of the Resting Membrane Potential, part 1
- Ionic Basis of the Resting Membrane Potential, part 2
- Ionic Basis of the Action Potential, part 1
- Ionic Basis of the Action Potential, part 2
- Ionic Basis of the Action Potential, part 3
- Molecular Mechanisms of Action Potential Generation, part 1
- Molecular Mechanisms of Action Potential Generation, part 2
- Propagation of Action Potentials
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Generating and Propagating Electrical Signals
- Neural Signaling: Synaptic Transmission and Synaptic Plasticity
- Synaptic Transmission, part 1
- Synaptic Transmission, part 2
- Neurotransmitters, part 1
- Neurotransmitters, part 2
- Ionotropic Neurotransmitters Receptors, part 1
- Ionotropic Neurotransmitters Receptors, part 2
- Metabotropic Neurotransmitters Receptors and Postsynaptic Mechanisms
- Synaptic Integration
- Long-Term Potentiation and Depression, part 1
- Long-Term Potentiation and Depression, part 2
- Long-Term Potentiation and Depression, part 3
- Spike-Timing Dependent synaptic Plasticity
- Hebb's Postulate
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Synaptic Transmission
- Synaptic Plasticity
- Sensory Systems: General Principles and Somatic Sensation
- The Thalamus
- Overview and Origins of Cortical Circuits, part 1
- Overview and Origins of Cortical Circuits, part 2
- General Principles of Sensory Systems, part 1
- General Principles of Sensory Systems, part 2
- Mechanosensation, part 1
- Mechanosensation, part 2
- Mechanosensation, part 3
- Mechanosensory Pathways, part 1
- Mechanosensory Pathways, part 2
- Mechanosensory Pathways, part 3
- Pain Systems, part 1
- Pain Systems, part 2
- Pain Systems, part 3
- Pain and Temperature Pathways, part 1
- Pain and Temperature Pathways, part 2
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Organizing Principles
- Somatic Sensation
- Sensory Systems: The Visual System
- Basic Structure of the Eye and Retina
- Photoreceptors and Phototransduction, part 1
- Photoreceptors and Phototransduction, part 2
- Ganglion Cell Receptive fields, part 1
- Ganglion Cell Receptive fields, part 2
- Central Visual Processing, part 1
- Central Visual Processing, part 2
- Central Visual Processing, part 3
- Central Visual Pathways, part 1
- Central Visual Pathways, part 2
- Visual Field Deficits
- Pupillary Light Reflex
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- The Eye
- Central Visual Processing
- Sensory Systems: Audition, Vestibular Sensation and the Chemical Senses
- Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms, part 1
- Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms, part 2
- Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms, part 3
- Central Auditory Processing, part 1
- Central Auditory Processing, part 2
- Central Auditory Processing, part 3
- Peripheral Vestibular Mechanisms, part 1
- Peripheral Vestibular Mechanisms, part 2
- Peripheral Vestibular Mechanisms, part 3
- Central Vestibular Processing, part1
- Central Vestibular Processing, part 2
- Central Vestibular Processing, part 3
- Central Vestibular Processing, part 4
- Overview of the Chemical Senses
- Olfaction, part 1
- Olfaction, part 2
- Olfaction, part 3
- Olfaction, part 4
- Gustation, part1
- Gustation, part 2
- Gustation, part 3
- Trigeminal Chemoreception
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Audition
- Vestibular Sensation
- Chemical Senses
- Movement and Motor Control: Lower and Upper Motor Neurons
- Overview of the Motor System
- Overview of Motor Units
- Muscle Spindles and Myotatic Reflexes, part 1
- Muscle Spindles and Myotatic Reflexes, part 2
- Golgi Tendon Organs
- Spindles Versus GTOs, and Withdrawal Reflexes
- Central Pattern Generation
- Lower Motor Syndrome
- Primary Motor Cortex, part 1
- Primary Motor Cortex, part 2
- Primary Motor Cortex, part 3
- Premotor Cortex
- Brainstem Upper Motor Neurons
- Emotional Motor System
- Control of Facial Expressions
- Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome
- Corticospinal and Corticobulbar Pathways, part 1
- Corticospinal and Corticobulbar Pathways, part 2
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Lower Motor Neuronal Control of Movement
- Upper Motor Neuronal Control of Movement
- Movement and Motor Control: Understanding the Paradigm of Eye Movements
- Muscles and Nerves
- Overview of Eye Movements
- Conjugate Eye Movements
- Disconjugate Eye Movements and Eye Movement Physiology
- Neural Control of Saccades, part 1
- Neural Control of Saccades, part 2
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Eye Movements
- Movement and Motor Control: Modulation of Movement
- Circuitry of the Basal Ganglia, part 1
- Circuitry of the Basal Ganglia, part 2
- Circuitry of the Basal Ganglia, part 3
- Function of Basal Ganglia Circuitry
- Basal Ganglia Function In Normal and Abnormal Movement
- Overview of the Cerebellum, part 1
- Overview of the Cerebellum, part 2
- Cerebellar Circuits, part 1
- Cerebellar Circuits, part 2
- Cerebellar Circuits, part 3
- Cerebellar Function In Normal and Abnormal Movement
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia
- Modulation of Movement by the Cerebellum
- Movement and Motor Control: Visceral Motor Control
- Functional and Anatomical Divisions of the Visceral Motor System, part 1
- Functional and Anatomical Divisions of the Visceral Motor System, part 2
- Functional and Anatomical Divisions of the Visceral Motor System, part 3
- Central Integration of Visceral Sensory and Motor Signals, part 1
- Central Integration of Visceral Sensory and Motor Signals, part 2
- Hypothalamus, part 1
- Hypothalamus, part 2
- Micturition
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Visceral Motor System
- The Changing Brain: The Brain Across the Lifespan
- Embryological Subdivisions of the Human CNS
- Major Forces In Early Brain Development
- Neurulation
- Formation of the Early CNS
- Inductive Signaling In CNS Formation
- Proliferation and Migration, part 1
- Proliferation and Migration, part 2
- Growth Cones
- Molecular Signals for Axon Guidance, part 1
- Molecular Signals for Axon Guidance, part 2
- Neurotrophins
- Neurotrophin Receptors and Synapse Formation
- Lessons from Studies of Ocular Dominance Columns, part 1
- Lessons from Studies of Ocular Dominance Columns, part 2
- Lessons from Studies of Orientation and Direction Preference, part 1
- Lessons from Studies of Orientation and Direction Preference, part 2
- Lessons from Studies of Orientation and Direction Preference, part 3
- Neurotrophins In Developmental Plasticity
- Brain Development Across the Lifespan, part 1
- Brain Development Across the Lifespan, part 2
- Functional Plasticity In Cortical Maps
- Repair and Regeneration, part 1
- Repair and Regeneration, part 2
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Early Brain Development
- Developmental Plasticity of Neural Circuits In Early Life
- Development, Repair and Regeneration Across the Lifespan
- Complex Brain Functions: Associational Cortex
- Overview of Cognition
- Overview of the Associational Cortex
- Parietal Associational Cortex, part 1
- Parietal Associational Cortex, part 2
- Temporal associational Cortex: Visual Recognition
- Temporal Associational Cortex: Memory, part 1
- Temporal Associational Cortex: Memory, part 2
- Temporal Associational Cortex: Language, part 1
- Temporal Associational Cortex: Language, part 2
- Frontal Associational Cortex: Working Memory
- Frontal Associational cortex: Exeutive Function
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Reading
- Associational Cortex
- Complex Brain Functions: Sleep, Emotion and Addiction
- Overview of Sleep and Wakefulness
- Circadian Rhythms
- Brain Waves and Sleep Stages
- Neural Circuits That Govern Sleep and Wakefulness, part 1
- Neural Circuits That Govern Sleep and Wakefulness, part 2
- Sleep Disorders
- Amygdala and Hippocampus In the Human Brain
- Neurobiology of Emotion, part 1
- Neurobiology of Emotion, part 2
- Neurobiology of Emotion, part 3
- Neurobiology of Emotion, part 4
- Reward and Addiction, part 1
- Reward and Addiction, part 2
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Learning Objectives / Recommended Readings
- Sleep and Wakefulness
- Limbic Forebrain, Emotion, and Addiction
- Comprehensive Final Exam
- Preparing for the Comprehensive Final Exam
- Preparation Notes
- Example Clinical Case Quiz (UNGRADED, 11 questions)
- Comprehensive Final Exam, part 1 (2 cases, 13 questions)
- Comprehensive Final Exam, part 2 (2 cases, 7 questions)
- Comprehensive Final Exam, part 3 (2 cases, 11 questions)
- Comprehensive Final Exam, part 4 (2 cases, 12 questions)
- Closing Remarks
- Closing Remarks from Dr. White (05:44)
Summary of User Reviews
Read reviews for the Medical Neuroscience course on Coursera. Learn what users have to say about this online course and its overall rating. Discover what users thought was the best aspect of the course.Pros from User Reviews
- The course content is very informative and covers a wide range of topics.
- The instructors are knowledgeable and engaging.
- The course is well-structured and easy to follow.
- The course assignments are challenging but rewarding.
Cons from User Reviews
- The course can be quite difficult for those without a strong background in neuroscience.
- Some users found the course pace to be too fast.
- The course requires a significant time commitment.
- Some users experienced technical issues with the course platform.
- The course may not be suitable for those who prefer hands-on learning.
Leonard E. White, Ph.D.
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