Course Organizers: Mark Moss, Ph.D. Todd Hoagland, Ph.D., Julie Sandell, Ph.D, Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Ph.D.
Instructors: Staff
Course Start date: Fall, 2005
Texts:
(1) Nolte, J and J. Angevine. The Human Brain in Photographs and Diagrams, Second Edition, Elsevier, 2000
(2) Netter, F.H. Atlas of Human Anatomy, Third Edition, Icon, 2003
This two-credit course will be offered by the Department of
Anatomy and Neurobiology in the Fall Semester each year. The course requires as a prerequisite either (1) a strong undergraduate
background in neuroscience or (2) concurrent enrollment in Systems Neurobiology. The course is laboratory based and will meet for
two hours each Monday and Wednesday (excluding holidays) over a period of 13 weeks. The course is designed for graduate students
who are pursuing a comprehensive understanding of the structure and components of the central nervous system, the course and
targets of motor and sensory pathways through the spinal cord and brainstem, the origin, course and components of the 12 cranial
nerves, parasympathetic and sympathetic fibers in the head and neck. It will also provide an understanding of the pathways for
the major blood supply to the CNS. The course will normally be one of the first courses taken by Ph.D. students specializing in
Neuroscience . It will be limited to a maximum of 25 students with preference given to first or second year students enrolled in
any of Boston University Ph.D. tracks in Neuroscience (Anatomy and Neurobiology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Interdepartmental Program in Biomedical Neuroscience, Program in Neuroscience).
The course will be held in one of the side rooms of the Gross Anatomy Laboratory on the
10th floor of the Instructional building. Each day of the course will typically begin with a 30-minute introduction by the instructor.
In some cases (Cranial Nerves V and VII), this will extend to about one-hour. This will be followed by the laboratory exercise for the day.
Materials will include: Human skulls for use in the laboratory (one per student), Plastic skulls (accurate models) for use by each student at
home, a set of human brain specimens (whole brain, hemisphere, selected dissections) that will be provided in laboratory - one set per four
students. Microscopes (one per student) will be available for the first lab and four "classroom" microscopes will be available throughout
the course for review. An entire set of color cross sectional plates through the human head and neck are mounted on one wall of the
classroom, MRI's and photographs with viewing boxes are also available. A color atlas of labeled and unlabeled photomicrographs of the
CNS will be available on the class website for use in laboratory and at home.
Performance will be evaluated by a midterm examination consisting of a
written and practical component (20% each for a total of 40% of the final grade) and a final exam consisting of a written and practical
component (30% each for a total of 60% of the total grade).
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