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]]>https://giving.mit.edu/givenow/ocw/MakeGift.dynKate James2008-08-25T11:59:59-04:00en-USMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm9.10 Cognitive Neuroscience (MIT) This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control, navigation, and memory. It introduces basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition, and discusses methods by which inferences about the brain bases of cognition are made. We consider evidence from patients with neurological diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Balint's syndrome, amnesia, and focal lesions from stroke) and from normal human participants.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-10Spring-2006/CourseHome/index.htmCorkin, Suzanne2008-07-17T04:06:29-04:009.10en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesNeurosciencestrokefocal lesionsamnesiaBalint's syndromeHuntington's diseaseParkinson's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseneurological diseasescognitionfunctional imaging techniquesmemorymotor controllanguagevisionemphasizing attentionMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm9.03 Neural Basis of Learning and Memory (MIT)This course highlights the interplay between cellular and molecular storage mechanisms and the cognitive neuroscience of memory, with an emphasis on human and animal models of hippocampal mechanisms and function. Class sessions include lectures and discussion of papers.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-03Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmCorkin, SuzanneWilson, Matt2008-07-17T12:27:32-04:009.03en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesMolecular Physiologylong-termshort-termmirror neuronsskill learningalzheimer's diseaseshort-term memoryworking memorysemantic memoryNMDAdrosophliaaplysiasynapsehippocampuselectrophysiologyneural plasticitymemorylearningMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm9.15 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission (MIT)Considers the process of neurotransmission, especially chemicals used in the brain and elsewhere to carry signals from nerve terminals to the structures they innervate. Focuses on monoamine transmitters (acetylcholine; serotonin; dopamine and norepinephrine); also examines amino acid and peptide transmitters and neuromodulators like adenosine. Macromolecules that mediate neurotransmitter synthesis, release, inactivation, and receptor-mediated actions are discussed, as well as factors that regulate their activity and the second-messenger systems they control. Alternate years.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-15Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmWurtman, Richard2008-05-30T01:27:49-04:009.159.150en-USBrain and Cognitive Scienceshistamine.adensosinemarijuanaspinal cordreceptorsignaling pathwaypharmaceuticaldrug discoverydrugNDMAaspartateglutamatedepressionserotoninparkinson's diseasedopamineblood brain barrierbrain lipidantidepressantNeurotransmitterMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm9.150 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission (MIT)Considers the process of neurotransmission, especially chemicals used in the brain and elsewhere to carry signals from nerve terminals to the structures they innervate. Focuses on monoamine transmitters (acetylcholine; serotonin; dopamine and norepinephrine); also examines amino acid and peptide transmitters and neuromodulators like adenosine. Macromolecules that mediate neurotransmitter synthesis, release, inactivation, and receptor-mediated actions are discussed, as well as factors that regulate their activity and the second-messenger systems they control. Alternate years.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-15Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmWurtman, Richard2008-05-30T01:27:49-04:009.159.150en-USBrain and Cognitive Scienceshistamine.adensosinemarijuanaspinal cordreceptorsignaling pathwaypharmaceuticaldrug discoverydrugNDMAaspartateglutamatedepressionserotoninparkinson's diseasedopamineblood brain barrierbrain lipidantidepressantNeurotransmitterMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm