Audio Lectures

Lec 1: Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities

Lec 2: Introduction: methods and primitive cellular activities

Lec 3: Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 1

Lec 4: Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 2

Lec 5: Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 1

Lec 6: Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 2

Lec 7: Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 1

Lec 8: Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 2

Lec 9: Autonomic nervous system; differentiation of the brain vesicles and introduction to the hindbrain and segmentation

Lec 10: Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 1: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations

Lec 11: Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 2: Developmental distortions; evolution of midbrain and forebrain; midbrain organization

Lec 12: Differentation of the brain vesicles, part 3: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization

Lec 14: CNS differentiation and axon growth, part 2

Lec 15: Motor systems and brain states, part 1

Lec 16: Motor systems and brain states, part 2

Lec 17: Motor systems and brain states, part 3

Lec 18: Motor systems and brain states, part 4

Lec 21: Visual systems, part 1

Lec 22: Visual systems, part 2

Lec 23: Visual systems, part 3

Lec 24: Auditory systems, part 1

Lec 25: Auditory systems, part 2

Lec 26: Forebrain evolution

Lec 27: Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 1

Lec 28: Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 2

Lec 29: Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 3

Lec 30: Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 4

Lec 31: Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 5

Lec 32: Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 6

Lec 33: Corpus striatum, part 1

Lec 34: Corpus striatum, part 2

Lec 35: Neocortex, part 1

Lec 36: Neocortex, part 2

Lec 37: Neocortex, part 3

Lec 38: Plasticity in brain connections