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Week: 1
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Introduction part 1 Introduction 5 1
Introduction part 2 Introduction 10 1
Which Way Is Up? Terms of orientation in the body. 3 69-72 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 15 1
Tubing Development of the Brain 3 76-78 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2 20 1
Week: 2
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Save Me! Structure and Function of the Meninges 3 72-75 5.3 25 2
There's a Hole in My Head Ventricles 3 73-75 5.4 30 2
Tubing Again Where do neurons come from? 3 79-80 77-82 35 2
Pump It Up! What makes the neuron a battery? 2 43-47 3.1 43-47 60 2
Week: 3
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Open the Channels! How is the action potential generated? 2 44, 47-49 3.1 44, 47-49 70 3
I Excite U Explain how an action potential travels along the axon. 2 49-52 3.6 80 3
Week: 4
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Please Release Me! Neurotransmitter release from the synapse 2 53-57 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 53-57 95 4
Receptors 3x4 types of receptors 2 57-61 3.7 57-61 100 4
Decode This! Explain protein synthesis and transport 2 33-37 3.2 33-37 105 4
Week: 5
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Brain on Drugs Explain the mechanisms of drug action at the synapse 110 - 113, figure 4.5 110 - 113, figure 4.5 110 5
Week: 6
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Glutamate Receptor Describe the glutamate neurotransmitter and it's receptors 125-126 125-126 120 6
Sexy Explain the development of primary and secondary sex characteristics. 330 -333 200 6
Week:
Title Topic Chapter 10th ed pages 2nd ed Colorbook Video Link 9th ed pages 1st ed Colorbook Ordersort descending Week
Spinal Cord Overview of Spinal Cord 93-95 1,4 93-95 1.4 130
Ascending Pain How does pain information get into the brain. Where is it perceived. Where are decisions made about what to do about it? ed. 10: pp. 238, 239, 241, 242, 243-246 243-244 210
Descending Pain Describe the descending pain circuits. 246-247 243-244 211
U Scare Me Amygdala 87-88, 92, 368-369, 373 300

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