N164: Functional Neuroanatomy is taught in Spring Quarter by Professor Georg Striedter.
Dr. Georg Striedter
Prerequisite: BIO SCI N110
Course Objective:
This is an advanced course on nervous system structure and function. The focus of this course is on principles of nervous system organization, asking not only how the nervous system is built and how it works, but also why it is organized as it is. To answer these “why questions” we will often ask what problems organisms face and how the nervous system helps to solve these problems. The course will also challenge the traditional view of brains as being divisible into the sensory and motor side, with cognitive functions interposed.
Sample Syllabus:
| # | Topic |
| 1 | Introductions |
| 2 | Functional Organization of the Brain |
| 3 | Computing with Neurons |
| 4 | Brain Protection I |
| 5 | Brain Protection I |
| 6 | Brain Maintenance |
| 7 | MLK Holiday |
| 8 | Regulating Bodily Function I |
| 9 | Regulating Bodily Function II |
| 10 | MIDTERM I |
| 11 | Motor Reflexes |
| 12 | Locomotion and Motor Cortex |
| 13 | Cerebellum |
| 14 | Localizing Stimuli |
| 15 | Orienting |
| 16 | Navigation |
| 17 | Identifying Stimuli I |
| 18 | Identifying Stimuli II |
| 19 | President’s Day |
| 20 | Identifying Stimuli III |
| 21 | MIDTERM II |
| 22 | Arousal and Sleep |
| 23 | Remembering I |
| 24 | Remembering II |
| 25 | Selecting Actions and Goals I |
| 26 | Selecting Actions and Goals II |
| 27 | Prefrontal Cortex |
| 28 | Brain Evolution |
| 29 | Sex and Individual Differences |
| 30 | Catch-Up/Review |
| 31 | FINAL |