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Lectures: Audio and Slides

A selection of audio lectures is presented below. To access the corresponding lecture notes, where available, please refer to the "Lecture Notes" tab that is located below each Audio Track. The materials on this page are representative of the work and pedagogy developed by Prof. Gerald Schneider.


Lecture 1: Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities

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Lecture 2: Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities

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Lecture 3: Steps to the CNS of chordates

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Lecture 4: Steps to the CNS of chordates

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Lecture 5: Specializations in CNS evolution

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Lecture 6: Specializations in CNS evolution

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Lecture 7: Spinal cord development and anatomy

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Lecture 8: Spinal cord development and anatomy

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Lecture 9: Autonomic nervous system. Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Intro. To hindbrain and segmentation

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Lecture 10: Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations

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Lecture 11: Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Developmental distortions; evolution of midbrain and forebrain; midbrain organization

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Lecture 12: Differentiation of the brain vesicles: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization

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Lecture 13: CNS differentiation: Axon growth

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Lecture 14: CNS differentiation: Axon growth

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Lecture 15: Motor systems

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Lecture 16: Motor systems

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Lecture 17: Motor systems

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Lecture 18: Midterm review

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Lecture 20: Gustatory and olfactory systems

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Lecture 22: Visual systems

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Lecture 23: Visual systems

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Lecture 24: Auditory and related sensory

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Lecture 25: Auditory and related sensory

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Lecture 27: Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

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Lecture 28: Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

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Lecture 29: Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

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Lecture 30: Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

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Lecture 31: Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

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Lecture 32: Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

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Lecture 33: Corpus striatum

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Lecture 34: Corpus striatum

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Lecture 36: Neocortex

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Lecture 38: Neocortex

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