All lectures behavioural neurosciences

Summary about lecture 3&4 from Hut.

Learning objectives - Why knowledge of signal transduction is important - principles of the resting membrane potential - principles of action potentials - action potentials in aged neurons - mode of action of lidocaine and cocaine - gap junctions: shape and function - the chemical synapse -...

Learning objectives - misconceptions - 4 brain lobes + gyrus, sulcus, fissure - phrenology (what is it) - ventricular system - brain scanning methods - terminology anatomy - white matter / grey matter + general structure neurons - different types of brain cells + function - how CSF flows ...

Summary about lecture 1&2 from Hut.

Learning objectives - location of place and grid cells - function and features of place and grid cells (see last slide) - one place cell gets input from circa 100 grid cells - the meaning of a “cognitive map” - aging in relation to place cells - 3D place fields and place cells - functio...

Learning objectives - Reproduce the role of hippocampus in specific learning tasks - Reproduce the differences between Pavlovian Conditioning and Operant Conditioning - Reproduce the role of the hippocampus and amygdala in tone-cued fear and contextual fear conditioning - Reproduce how the rol...

Learning objectives - Reproduce the importance of the X, Y chromosome and SRY gene in sex differences - Describe how estradial and testosterone are made - Reproduce the anatomical differences between the male and female brain at the level of the hypothalamus o Differences at the level of nuclei...

Learning objectives - Difference between strength and direction of lateralisation - Differences between individual and population biases - Pro’s and cons of lateralisation - Define lateralisation - Negative frequency dependent selection of lateralisation - Chimera’s

Summary of lecture 5&6 Hut

Learning objectives - What is known about sex and the brain? - Neural machinery that makes reproduction possible - How different are the brains of the two sexes - Is by genetics, brain or behaviour - Anatomy & physiology of the nervous system - Activations and organisational effects of ste...

Learning objectives - Reproduce the impact of the medial temporal lobe lesion in patient H.M. on various cognitive aspects (i.e. What forms of learning were affected and which were unaffected? - Reproduce how the delayed-nonmatching to sample task works and what brain regions it requires. - Repro...