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Neuroscience and Human Behavior: Week 5

Week 5

Week 5 Objectives

Infectious Disorders of the Nervous System

Rx Bricks - Required

Tumors of the Nervous System

Rx Bricks - Required

Neuronal Tumors, Medulloblastoma, and Meningioma
in general, no histology
Gliomas
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Schwannomas

The Ear and Hearing Loss

Rx Bricks - Required

Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 14 - Hearing and Balance: The Eighth Cranial Nerve

Human Behavior

Rx Bricks - Required

See Also these Bricks from Week 3, Module 7:

TBL Readings - Read BEFORE Session

TBL Mood Disorders - Objectives

Rx Bricks - Required

Recommended Readings

Ch 11 Mood Disorders IN: Kaplan and Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Section IV Cognitive-Bheavioral Therapies of Ch 28 Psychotherapies IN: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Will need to scroll to section IV or use navigation in Table of Contents on the left
Specified Sections of Ch 29 Psychopharmacological Treatment and Nutritional Supplements IN: Kaplan and Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Scroll to the following sections:
Section II - Basic Principles of Psychopharmacology
Section III - Clinical Guidelines
Section VI - Antidepressants
Section VII - Anitmanic Drugs
Ch 30 Brain Stimulation Therapies IN: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry

The DSM-5 criteria are not fully published elsewhere so please read the criteria in the DSM-5 for:

Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 4 - Meningeal Coverings of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Chapter 5 - Ventricles and Cerebrospinal Fluid
Also assigned in Week 3
Chapter 11 - Organization of the Brainstem
Also assigned in Week 2

Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry

Suggested:

Andreasen & Black Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Chapter 16 - Neurocognitive Disorders

Kandel & Schwartz Principles of Neural Science

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

Chapter 46 - The Modulatory Functions of the Brain Stem
Pages 1038-1055
Chapter 59 - The Aging Brain
Pages 1328-1352

Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease

Chapter 28 - Section - Cerebral Edema, Hydrocephalus, and Raised Intracranial Pressure and Herniation
stop after Key Concepts box - before Malformations and Developmental Disorders
Chapter 28 - Section - Trauma
stop after Key Concepts box - before Cerebrovascular Disease
Chapter 28 - Section - Cerebrovascular Disease
Stop after Key Concepts box- before Infections
Chapter 28 - Section - Infections
stop after the Key Concepts box - before Prion Diseases
Chapter 28 - Section - Neurodegenerative Diseases
stop after Key Concepts box - before Genetic Metabolic Diseases
Chapter 28 - Section - Tumors
stop after Key Concepts box - end of chapter