This week, our topic was the study of how our movements are done and controlled by our brain.   Samuel I would think that this topic is the last thing to cover to give an overview of the brain. It … Continue reading →

This weeks topic was mental illnesses. The lecture and book focused on the anxiety, affective and schizophrenia disorders.  Our weeks started again with a opening lecture, followed by an quiz of the topic. Samuel I would think that mental disorders … Continue reading →

This week’s topic is the wiring of the brain, how neurons develop and how they know where to form extend their axons. Samuel Girmay This topic intrigued me. From our studies, we have learned that certain transcription factors dictate what … Continue reading →

This week’s topic was the chemical control of the brain and behaviour. As usual, the week started with a lecture followed by a quiz. Samuel This week’s topic was a nice follow-up of neurotransmitters week. The quiz itself was much … Continue reading →

This week, our topic was neurotransmitters and how different chemicals can mimic these transmitters. As usual our weeks started with a lecture and quiz. On Tuesday we had a exercise 3 were the topic was about the vision and senses. … Continue reading →

This week our topic was senses. Especially visual, smell and taste senses. We begin our week with a Monday lecture, followed by a quiz. Samuel Senses rely largely on the membrane proteins’ ability to react to external stimulus. Activation of … Continue reading →

This week, our topic was how information from neuron to neuron is transmitted. As a pre-assignment, we needed to read chapters 3,4,5 and our knowledge was tested with a quiz. Samuel In my opinion, the topic was quite basic but … Continue reading →

This week, we had our first quiz. The idea of the quiz is to get an idea/preview of the week’s topic. This week, it was neurons, glia and neuronal membrane at rest. I was not able to participate in the … Continue reading →

This is blog posting from the course Structure and operation of the human brain Our course started with the introduction lecture. Lecturer gave good info about the to expect to learn from the course and what is required to pass … Continue reading →