Lec10- motor systems
Lecture 10 considered motor systems which is very broad topic. Even though the concept of muscle contraction and voluntary movement feels simple and is taken for granted by most of us
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Lecture 10 considered motor systems which is very broad topic. Even though the concept of muscle contraction and voluntary movement feels simple and is taken for granted by most of us
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The topic of this week was mental illness. The course book introduces some of the most common mental illness from biological perspective. Biological approach can provide deeper understanding in the mechanics
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This week we discussed brain development and examined how connections are formed and modified as the brain matures. The first step in wiring the nervous system together is the generation of
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Week 8 lecture was about auditory system. All in all auditory system felt a lot simpler and easier to understand than previous olfaction, gustation and vision. Chapters considering the eye and
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This week’s lecture and chapter were about Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior covering the functions of secretory hypothalamus, autonomic nervous system (ANS) and diffuse modulatory systems of the brain
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At the 6th week there was no lecture but eventually the workshop regarding the structure of the brain was arranged. I had red by myself the chapter 7 and the appendix
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On Monday we had a quiz about chapters 8-10. Reading these chapters was pretty time-consuming but also very interesting. We learned about the chemical senses, the structure of the eye, and
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In fourth lecture we covered some details of the neurotransmitter systems. Neurotransmitter systems were completely new topic besides the fact of few chemical compounds familiar from high school. It was great
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During this week I learned a lot about neurotransmitters and a numerous chemical reactions in synapses. The number of different systems doing on principal one same thing: delivering signals between neurons
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This week we covered Chapter 4 (The action potential) in the lecture and tomorrow’s quiz will be about Chapter 5 (Synaptic transmission). I really noticed the change from last week’s topics
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