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Medical Neuroscience SMD 541 Part I Course Schedule, 2007

Tuesday, Aug 28

9:00-9:50 am

Course Organization & Expectations

Pearson

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Principles of Nervous System Structure & Function

10:00-10:50 am

Review of Nervous System Histology

Ream

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Synaptic Transmission

Rich

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Aug 29

9:00-10:50 am

Orientation to Central Nervous System Regions,  Functional Systems and Anatomical Localization

Pearson

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Cortical Localization of Function

Pearson

 

101 WH

1:00-2:50 pm

Neuroanatomy Lab 1:  Histology of the Nervous System

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Aug 30

9:00-9:50 am

Development of the Nervous System

Pearson

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Blood Supply of the Brain

Pearson

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Environment of the Brain

Olson

 

101 WH

1:00-2:50 pm

Neuroanatomy Lab 2: Gross Anatomy, General Organization and Blood Supply of the CNS

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, Aug 31

9:00-9:50 am

Imaging the Nervous System

Pearson

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Neurovascular Pathology

Balko

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Clinical Case Session 1: Stroke

Jacobs

 

101 WH

1:00-2:50 pm

Neuroanatomy Lab 3: Internal Structure, Ventricles, CSF Circulation & Blood Supply

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

 

 

Week 2

 

 

 

Monday, Sept 3

Labor Day-No classes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Sept 4

Somatosensory System

 

 

 

9:00-9:50 am

Somatosensation

Fyffe

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Somatosensory Pathways

Fyffe

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Pain

Fyffe

 

101 WH

1:00-3:50 pm

Team Based Learning Session 1: Neurovascular Pathology

Koles/Jacobs

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Sept 5

9:00-9:50 am

Neuropharmacology of Pain

Lucot

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50

Endogenous & Exogenous Opiods

Lucot

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Local Anesthetics

Koerker

 

101 WH

1:00 PM

PBT Exam II review

 

 

174 WH Labs

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Sept 6

9:00-9:50 am

Intracranial Pressure

Olson

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Clinical Case Session 2: Disorders of Somatic Sensation

Jones

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Clinical Case Session 3: Headache

Jones

 

101 WH

1:00-2:50 pm

Neuroanatomy Lab 4: Pathways Tested by the Sensory Exam

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

  

Week 3

Monday, Sept 10

 

 

 

8:00 am-Noon

EXAM I   (Weeks 1 & 2)           

 

 

130/174WH

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Sept 11

Motor System

 

 

 

9:00-9:50 am

Introduction to Motor Systems and Control of Motor Force

Cope

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Spinal Cord

Cope

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Motor Areas of the Cerebral Cortex

Cope

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Sept 12

9:00-9:50 am

Cerebellum

Cope

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Basal Ganglia

Cope

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Descending Motor Pathways

Rich

 

101 WH

1:00-3:00PM

Neuroanatomy Lab 5: Movement Control Systems Part 1: Pathways Tested by the Reflex & Motor Exams

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Sept 13

9:00-10:50 am

Clinical Case Session 4: Disorders of Movement

Rich

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

The Brainstem: General  Organization, Reticular Formation and Consciousness

Pearson

 

101 WH

1:00-3:00 pm

Neuroanatomy Lab 6: Movement Control Systems Part 2: Pathways Tested by the Coordination & Gait Exams

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

 

Week 4

Monday, Sept 17

Brainstem & Cranial Nerves

 

 

 

9:00-9:50 am

Antiparkinsonian Drugs/Antispasmodics

Lucot

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Vision

Fyffe

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Visual Pathways, Visual Field Deficits and Control of Pupil Size

Pearson

 

101 WH

1:00 PM

Neuro Pt I Exam I Review

 

 

174 WH Labs

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Sept 18

9:00-9:50 am

Auditory Processing & Connections

Fyffe

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Vestibular Processing & Connections

Pearson

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Control of Eye Movements

Pearson

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Sept 19

9:00-9:50 am

Clinical Case Session 5: Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders & Review of ANS of the Eye

Warwar

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Clinical Case Session 6: Dizziness and Disequilibrium

Rich

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Injury Responses: Recovery of Function

Rich

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Sept 20

9:00-9:50 am

Pathology lecture - Traumatic Lesions

Murphy

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Clinical Case Session 7: Head Trauma

Moncman

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Pathology Lab 1: Head Trauma

Path Staff

 

174 WH Labs

1:00-2:50pm

Neuroanatomy Lab 7: Pathways and Structures Tested

Staff

 

174 WH Labs

 

by the Cranial Nerve Examination

 

 

 

(2:00 pm)

(In-lab presentation and discussion - Brain Death)

Rich

 

174 WH Labs


Week 5

Monday, Sept 24

8:00-8:50 am

Pathology lecture - CNS Neoplasms

Sequeira

 

101 WH

9:00-9:50 am

Pathology Lab 2: CNS Neoplasms

Path Staff

 

174 WH Labs

10:00-11:50 am

Pathology lecture - Demyelination and Toxic-Metabolic

Sequeira

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50am

Pathology Lab 3: Demyelination and Toxic-Metabolic Disorders

Path Staff

 

174 WH Labs

1:00-3:50 pm

Team Based Learning Session 2: Neurologic Localizations

Pearson/Jones

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Sept 25

9:00-10:50 am

General Anesthetics

Koerker

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50am

Pathology lecture - CNS Infections

Murphy

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, Sept 26

9:00-9:50 am

Clinical Case Session 8: Epilepsy

Goldstick

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Pediatric Neurology

Kumar

 

101 WH

11:00-11:50 am

Anticonvulsants

Lucot

 

101 WH

1:00-3:50 pm

Team Based Learning Session 3: CNS Infections

Koles/Elder

 

101 WH

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Sept 27

9:00-9:50 am

Pathology lecture - Developmental/Perinatal Disorders

Balko

 

101 WH

10:00-10:50 am

Pathology Lab 4: Developmental/Perinatal Disorders

Path Staff

 

174 WH Labs

11:00-11:50

Clinical Case Session 9: Multiple sclerosis

Clasen/Olsen

 

101 WH

 

Week 6

Monday, October 1

8:00-Noon

EXAM II   (Comprehensive over Weeks 1-5)
End of Neuroscience Part I
Beginning Neuroscience Part 2

 

130/174 WH

 

 

   

Tuesday, October 2

8:00 am

Introduction

Roman

101 WH

8:00 – 10:50 am

Psychiatric Interviewing and Assessment

Knapp

101 WH

11:00 – 11:50 am

Delirium and Dementia

Bienenfeld

101 WH

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 3

8:00 – 8:50 am

Neurobiology of Mental Illness

Khavari

101 WH

9:00 – 9:50 am

The Biological Basis of Learning, Memory and Individuality

Kay

101 WH

10:00 – 10:50 am

Dissociative Disorders

Roman

101 WH

11:00 – 11:50 am

Antianxiety and Hypnotics

Lucot

101 WH

1:00 - 1:50 pm

Neurodegenerative Disorders

Balko

101 WH

2:00 – 2:50 pm

Neurodegenarative Lab

Balko

101 WH

 

 

   

Thursday, October 4

8:00 – 9:50 am

Personality Disroders: Recent Contributions and Enduring Challenges

Kay

101 WH

10:00 – 11:50 am

Human Sexuality

Knapp

101 WH

1:00 pm

Neuro Exam 2 Review

 

174 WH

 

Week 7

Monday, October 8

9:00 am – 12 noon

Team Based Learning:  Demntia

Koles/Bienenfeld

101 WH

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 9

8:00 – 8:50 am

Somatoform Disorders

Bienenfeld

101 WH

9:00 – 9:50 am

Sleep and Insomnia

Bienenfeld

101 WH

10:00 – 11:50 am

Anxiety Disorders

Roman

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 10

8:00 – 9:50 am

Schizophrenia and the Psychotic Disorders

Lehrer

101 WH

10:00 – 10:50 am

Treatment of Psychotic Disorders

Lehrer

101 WH

11:00 – 11:50 am

Suicide and Violence

Roman

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 11

8:00 – 9:50 am

Mood Disorders

Roman

101 WH

10:00 – 10:50 am

Pharmacology of Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers

Roman

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

 

Week 8

Monday, October 15

9:00 am – 12 noon

Team Based Learning:  Mood Disorders

Roman/Parmelee

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 16

8:00 – 10:50 am

Psychiatric Disroders of children and Adolescents

Klykylo

101 WH

11:00 – 11:50 am

Eating Disorders

Riolo

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 17

8:00 – 9:50 am

Drug Abuse: Strong Dependence and Drugs with Weak Dependence

Lucot

101 WH

10:00 – 10:30 am

Stimulants

Lucot

101 WH

10:40 am – 11:50 am

Impaired Physicians

Roman/Blair

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 18

8:00 – 10:50 am

Alcohol Abuse Disorders and Drug Related Disorders

Hart

101 WH

11:00 – 11:50 am

Review

Roman

101 WH

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Psychiatric Assessment Assignment

 

Twin Valley

Week 9

Monday, October 22

8:00 – 12 noon

Neuro Pt 2 EXAM

 

174 WH