BMD 430
NEUROSCIENCE
Instructor: Dr. Cindy
Stanfield
e-mail: Dr. Stanfield
Sex
differences, Psychology Today article
Conversation with
Neil's Brain, Online book with interesting stories from a
neurophysiologist and a neurosurgeon
Why
heroin works, Short article on opiate receptors
Brain Scans, from
EEGs to fMRIs, Good short summary on techniqes. Check out other links on
sites.
Some sections will be assigned in class
Effects of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior
Music
Emotion and Motivated Behavior
Sleep and Dreams
Learning and Memory
Thought
Brain
Facts, Society for Neuroscience book for lay people
Brain
Briefings, Society for Neuroscience brief neuroscience articles,
Excellent reading
Neuroscience
in the News, Be sure to read about garlic and pain
Neuroscience
for Kids, Although it says for "kids," this is an excellent
site and could provide some good review
The Secret Life
of the Brain, PBS site with lots of interesting features
The
Electric Brain, NOVA site with a link to a video of action potential
recordings
The Brain
on Ecstasy, Interesting MRI
Scientific American Frontier, Memory
Scientific American Frontier, Cyber
Senses
Scientific American Frontier, Make
up Your Mind
Scientific American Frontier, The
Placebo
Scientific American Frontier, Brain
Plasticity
Scientific American Frontier, Battling
Paralysis
Scientific American Frontier, Growing
Up Different, Williams disease, Autism, Deafness, Cerebral Palsy
Neuroscience Course at MIT
UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH ALABAMA
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Webmaster: Cindy L. Stanfield
Last updated: January 13, 2006