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Whatweareoffering:

MedicalNeuroscienceexploresthefunctionalorganizationandneurophysiologyofthehumancentralnervous

system,whileprovidinganeurobiologicalframeworkforunderstandinghumanbehavior.Inthiscourse,youwill

discovertheorganizationoftheneuralsystemsinthebrainandspinalcordthatmediatesensation,motivatebodily

action,andintegratesensorimotorsignalswithmemory,emotionandrelatedfacultiesofcognition.Theoverallgoalof

thiscourseistoprovidethefoundationforunderstandingtheimpairmentsofsensation,actionandcognitionthat

accompanyinjury,diseaseordysfunctioninthecentralnervoussystem.Thecoursewillbuilduponknowledge

acquiredthroughpriorstudiesofcellandmolecularbiology,generalphysiologyandhumananatomy,aswefocus

primarilyonthecentralnervoussystem.

Thisonlinecourseisdesignedtoincludeallofthecoreconceptsinneurophysiologyandclinicalneuroanatomythat

wouldberepresentedinmostfirst-yearneurosciencecoursesinschoolsofmedicine.However,therearesome

topics(e.g.,biologicalpsychiatry)andseverallearningexperiences(e.g.,hands-onbraindissection)thatweprovide

inthecorrespondingcourseofferedintheDukeUniversitySchoolofMedicineoncampusthatwearenotattempting

toreproduceinMedicalNeuroscienceonline.

PleasenotethatwedonotofferDukeUniversitycoursecredituponcompletionofMedicalNeuroscience.

Wedowantyoutoknowthatwearecommittedtopresentationofclassmaterialinaclearandenjoyablemanner.We

willdosothroughaseriesoftutorialsandaccompanyingtutorialnotesthatyouwillaccessandstudyeach

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