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Neuroscience and Human Behavior: Week 2

Week 2

Week 2 Objectives

Module 3 - Electrophysiology

Rx Bricks - Required

Nolte's The Human Brain

Module 4 - Brain Stem

Rx Bricks - Required

Nolte's The Human Brain

TBL Readings - Read BEFORE Session

TBL 1 Opioid Use Disorder - Objectives and Readings

Rx Bricks - Required

Receptor Agonists and Antagonists
Pharmacology section
Substance Use Disorders: Foundations and Frameworks
Psychiatry section
Opioid Use Disorder
Psychiatry section
Opioids
Neurology section

Module 5 - Development

Rx Bricks - Required

Development of the Nervous System,
Congenital Disorders of the Central Nervous System
Increased Intracranial Pressure, Hydrocephalus, and Herniation
Cerebrospinal Fluid and the Blood-Brain Barrier
Migraine, Cluster, and Tension Headaches
Secondary Headaches
(important for differential diagnosis)

Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 2 - Development of the Nervous System

Human Behavior

Recommended Readings

Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 8 - Synaptic Transmission Between Neurons
Chapter 10 - Section Ascending and Descending Pathways Have Defined Locations in the Spinal White Matter
stop at The Autonomic Nervous System Monitors and Controls Visceral Activity
Chapter 10 - Section- A Longitudinal Network of Arteries Supplies the Spinal Cord
stop at Spinal Cord Damage Causes Predictable Deficits
Chapter 10 - Section - Spinal Cord Damage Causes Predictable Deficits
through the end of the chapter
Chapter 16 - The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and from the Cerebral Cortex

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology
<Note: There is a limited number of simultaneous users for this ebook.>

Katzung's Basic & Clinical Pharmacology

Ch 31 Opioid Agonists & Antagonists IN: Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry

Andreasen & Black Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Chapter 9 - Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Chapter 21 - Anxiolytics section of Somatic Treatments
Stop at Agents to Treat Extrapyramidal Syndromes

Kandel & Schwartz Principles of Neural Science - Supplmental

Note: This book is only available in print - aka no electronic access.
WL 102 P9547 2013, Reserve Core, 2nd floor Information Desk

Chapter 11 - Modulation of Synaptic Transmission: Second Messengers
- Also assigned in Week 1
Chapter 23 - Touch - pages 498-529
Chapter 24 - Pain - pages 530-555