Week 11 – Motor system
The last lecture week 11 was about our motor system, which is run by our brain and spinal cord. Both of them have their own role in controlling the movement of
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The last lecture week 11 was about our motor system, which is run by our brain and spinal cord. Both of them have their own role in controlling the movement of
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This lecture week introduced us to the “world” of brain disorders. Very first thing was to introduce the “difference” between brain disorder and mind disorder. Basically in neurology, there is interest
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This week was about the wiring and development of the brain, i.e. how the structure of the brain is formed, by e.g. synaptic and developmental plasticity. These are forms of neural
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This week was about the auditory and vestibular systems. It was very fascinating to learn about the detailed process of how sound waves are processed in the ear and brain and
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The lecture week 6 was about neurotransmitter systems. In lecture week 3 we learned the basic information about the function and classification of neurotransmitters and, for example, the concept of acetylcholinergic
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Lecture week 5 was about Chemical Senses, Eye and Central Visual System. During week 5 also the Aalto NeuroImaging Infrastructure also known as ANI was introduced to us. This virtual excursion
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Neurotransmitters
Building up from the information that we learned last week, this week taught us lot of new concepts and interesting facts. We learned about the function and classification
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The second week of the course continued directly on the topics of the last lecture. Discussion was mainly about communication between the neurons and how this communication happens and what causes
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The first lecture evoked interest in the topics covered in the course and gave a good motivation to why the course is important. The first lecture and the chapters 2 and
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