501704 - NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY

Themes and topics addressed in this module include: Sensory Receptors The Receptor Potential Primary Sensory Coding Stimulus Type Stimulus Intensity Stimulus Location Central Control of Afferent Information Ascending Neural Pathways in Sensory Systems Association Cortex and Perceptual Somatic Sensation Touch and Pressure Sense of Posture and Movement Temperature Pain Neural Pathways of the Somatosensory System Vision Light Overview of Eye Anatomy The Optics of Vision Photoreceptor Cells and Phototransduction Neural Pathways of Vision Color Vision Color Blindness Eye Movement Hearing Sound Sound Transmission in the Ear Hair Cells of the Organ of Corti Neural Pathways in Hearing Vestibular System The Semicircular Canals The Utricle and Saccule Vestibular Information and Pathways Chemical Senses Taste Smell Consciousness, brain and behavior States of Consciousness Electroencephalogram The Waking State Sleep Neural Substrates of States of Consciousness Learning and Memory Memory The Neural Basis of Learning and Memory Cerebral Dominance and Language Control of Body Movement Motor Control Hierarchy Voluntary and Involuntary Actions Local Control of Motor Neurons Interneurons Local Afferent Input The Brain Motor Centers and the Descending Pathways They Control Cerebral Cortex Subcortical and Brainstem Nuclei Cerebellum Basal ganglia Descending Pathways Muscle Tone Maintenance of Upright Posture and Balance Control of visceral functions sympathetic and parasympatethic systems Functions of the Hypothalamus