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Neuroscience and Human Behavior: Week 3

Week 3

Week 3 Objectives

Module 6 - Somatosensory System

Rx Bricks - Required

Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 16 - The Thalamus and Internal Capsule: Getting to and from the Cerebral Cortex

Module 7 - Cerebral Cortex

Rx Bricks - Required

Cerebral Hemispheres: Surface Structures and Functions
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Foundations and Frameworks
some diseases, like Parkinson, are addressed in other parts of the course
Dementia
Alzheimer Disease
Aphasia
Frontotemporal Lobe Degeneration
Traumatic Head Injury
Only from "What are Parenchymal Injuries?"
Cerebrovascular Disease: Foundations and Frameworks
Seizures and Epilepsy
Drugs to Treat Seizures
Only main drugs

Nolte's The Human Brain

Human Behavior

Rx Bricks - Required

Recommended Readings

Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 3 - The Long Axis of the CNS Bends at the Cephalic Flexure
through the end of The Limbic Lobe Is Interconnected with Other Limbic Structures, Some Buried in the Temporal Lobe (stop at The Diencephalon Includes the Thalamus and Hypothalamus)
Chapter 5 - Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid
Chapter 18 - Overview of Motor Systems

Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry

Chapter 11 - The Electrical Brain

Andreasen & Black Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Chapter 7 - Anxiety Disorders

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology

<Note: There is a limited number of simultaneous users for this ebook.>

Chapter 9 - Anxiety Disorders and Anxiolytics
Also assigned in Week 2
Chapter 7 - Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers”

Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

Chapter 20 - Pharmacotherapy of the Epilepsies

TBL Readings - Read BEFORE Session

TBL Objectives - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Rx Bricks - Required

Required Reading:

Ch 25 Child Psychiatry IN: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry

Recommended Readings

Section VIII Stimulants of Ch 29 Psychopharmacological Treatment and Nutritional Supplements IN: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
You will need to navigate to section VIII- Book contents on left - click the + next to 29 to expand the chapter sections, then click on VIII. Simulants
Pharmacological cognitive enhancement in pediatrics
Colaneri N, Sheldon M, Adesman A. Pharmacological cognitive enhancement in pediatrics. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2018;30(3):430-437. doi:10.1097/MOP.0000000000000615
AACAP Facts for Families: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Adolescents

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 15 - The Organization of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 16 - pages 363-369
--Section: Sensory Information Procressing Culminates in the Cerebral Cortex to the end of the chapter
Chapter 50 - Seizures and Epilepsy - pages 1116-1138