This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Assignments

SES # TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
1-2 Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities (PDF)
3-4 Steps to the CNS of chordates (PDF)
5-6 Specializations in CNS evolution (PDF)
7-8 Spinal cord development and anatomy (PDF)
9 Autonomic nervous system. Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Intro. To hindbrain and segmentation (PDF)
10 Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations Same as Ses #9
11 Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Developmental distortions; evolution of midbrain and forebrain; midbrain organization Same as Ses #9
12 Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization Same as Ses #9
13-14 CNS differentiation: Axon growth (PDF)
15-17 Motor systems (PDF)
18 Midterm review

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19 Midterm  
20 Gustatory and olfactory systems (PDF)
21-23 Visual systems (PDF)
24-25 Auditory and related sensory (PDF)
26 Introduction to the forebrain (PDF)
27-29 Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

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30-32 Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

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33-34 Corpus striatum (PDF)
35-39 Neocortex

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Review

Final exam 1 week after Ses #39

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