Drugs and the Brain [link]

Interactive overview of basic regions of brain from PBS [link]

Great in-depth tutorial on brain [link]

Great TED talk from neuroscientist who underwent a stroke--convinces about left/right brain differences [link]

Animation of basal ganglia pathways—relationship to Parkinson’s  Disease [link]

Great animated neurophysiology lectures [link]

Brain image atlas from Harvard Medical School—normal and diseases [link]

Sheep brain dissection with list of structures linked to labeled photos [link](no longer good link)

• Understand how the meninges hold, support and protect the brain in the neurocranium.  Appreciate the continuity of the cranial meninges with the menings of the spinal cord.
• Construct a complete understanding of the production, circulation and absorption of cerebro-spinal fluid
• Organize a basic understanding of the different regions of the brain and their specific functions, especially relating to visceral, autonomic and non-conscious functioning of the nervous system.
• For the brainstem, describe the spatial relationships of the different regions and the specific functions of each
• For the diencephalon, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres, model their spatial/anatomical positions relative to each other, the brainstem and the skull.
• For the diencephalon, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres, understand the functional control that each general region has over sensory, motor and emotional aspects of overall nervous system function.