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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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Week 9 – Wiring of the brain
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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Week 8 – auditory and vestibular systems
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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Week 3 – Neurotransmitters
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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Week 2 – Neurons and action potentials
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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