Week 12: Motor systems
In the final week of lectures, we returned from higher concepts to something more basic, yet not lacking in complexity – the motor system. As motor functions often require a great
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In the final week of lectures, we returned from higher concepts to something more basic, yet not lacking in complexity – the motor system. As motor functions often require a great
Continue reading...Week 12: Motor systems
During the latest week we have paid attention to mental illnesses. Personally, I found this interesting since mental illnesses have lately become a more common topic of public discussion. Aalto’s students
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This week we dived into wiring system of the brain. We learned a lot how the connections in the brain are formed and modified. And again we understood the effects of
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This week, we concluded our foray into the sensory systems of the human brain, at least as far as the tentative course schedule is to be trusted. Feels a little incomplete
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This week, after couple week’s ‘break’ (which included an exam week and a lot of reading and repeating first period’s things ), we returned to lectures. In addition to the lecture
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Latest week has provided us plenty of good times with the course book. The subjects of the week covered chemical senses, both taste and smell, and the function of the eye
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Another week, another topic. This time, we dove deeper into the specific chemical mechanisms that synaptic transmission operates on. We learned about different neurotransmitters, how they are produced and released by
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This week was all about synapses. As previously, we had a group discussion after reading the material and watching the lecture. At first, the topic did not seem
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This week’s hot topics included the neuronal membrane, ion channels and action potential. The main points of these topics were already familiar to us from previous studies, but there were also
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