MEDICAL NEUROSCIENCE (D508) -- SPRING 2006

LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE

 

Course Director: Robert D. Sweazey, Ph.D.

481-6739 (W), 413-1935 (cell), sweazey@ipfw.edu

Class normally meets M, W and Th 10:00-12:00, F 10:00-11:00

 

Lectures and principal readings are printed in normal typeface, laboratories are printed in italics, special discussions/clinical correlations are printed in boldface, exams are underlined and **** denotes a day/time change from the normal schedule. The following schedule is subject to modifications, but I will try to maintain the overall sequence of material and exams. 

 

Week 1

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

W 1/4

Lecture

 

 

Course introduction

Overview of the CNS

Haines Chapters 1 and 2

Note: student self study for Exam 1:

handouts on neurohistology and neuroanatomical methods.

 

W 1/4

Lecture

 

External Features

Haines sections dealing with external anatomy of the brain and spinal cord, pp. 139-140, 152-154, 161-162,175-178, 189-190, 221-223, 238-242

 

Th 1/5

Lecture

Dr. Hoversland

 

Neuroembryology

 

Haines Chapter 5

 

F 1/6

 

Laboratory

Gross Brain and spinal cord dissection, external features

Lab manual – External & Midsagittal Features of the Brain;  Spinal Cord, gross  exam section only

 

 

Week 2

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 1/9

Laboratory

 

Gross Brain and spinal cord dissection, external features

Lab manual – External & Midsagittal Features of the Brain;  Spinal Cord, gross  exam section only.

 

W 1/11   

 

Lecture

Meninges & Ventricular System

Haines Chapter 6 and 7

Th 1/12

 

 

Lecture

 

Laboratory

 

 

Meninges & Ventricular System

 

Meninges and Ventricular System/Internal Morphology of the Brain

Haines Chapter 6 and 7

 

Lab manual –Meninges and Ventricular System & Internal Morphology of the Brain

 F 1/13

 

Laboratory

Meninges and Ventricular System/Internal Morphology of the Brain

Lab manual –Meninges and Ventricular System & Internal Morphology of the Brain

 

Week 3

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 1/16

 

NO CLASS – MLK Holiday

 

W 1/18

Laboratory

 

Internal Morphology of the Brain

 

Lab manual -- Internal Morphology of the Brain

 

Th 1/19

Lecture

 

 

 

 

Blood supply of the CNS

 

 

 

Haines Chapter 8

F 1/20  

 

 

Laboratory

 

Blood supply

 

Lab Manual –Blood Supply

 

Week 4

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 1/23

Lecture

 

 

Regional Anatomy -- Spinal cord

 

 

 

Haines Chapter 9

 

W 1/25    

 

Lecture --

Dr. Vilensky

 

 

Laboratory

 

 

Spinal reflexes 

 

 

 

Internal Morphology of the Spinal Cord-- slides

 

Haines 146-148

 

 

 

Spinal Cord, microscopic anatomy section

Th 1/26    

 

Lecture

 

 

Regional Anatomy -- Brainstem

Haines Chapters 10-13

 

 

F 1/27 ****

1:00-2:00

Lecture

Regional Anatomy -- Brainstem

Haines Chapters 10-13

 

 

Week 5

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 1/30

Laboratory

 

Brainstem -- slides

 

 

Lab manual -- Internal Organization of the Brainstem

 

 

W 2/1

EXAM 1

 

LABORATORY  EXAM I—GROSS SPECIMENS, ANGIOGRAMS, MRIs

 

Th 2/2

 

Lecture

 

 

Cranial Nerves                                                      

Haines Chapter 14, 33 (cranial nerve testing)

 

F 2/3

Lecture &

Laboratory

 

Cranial Nerves

 

Haines Chapter 14, 33 (cranial nerve testing)

Lab Manual –Cranial Nerve Nuclei

 

 

Week 6

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 2/6

 

 

 

Lecture

 

Regional Anatomy –

Diencephalon

 

Haines Chapter 15

 

W2/8

EXAM 2

LECTURE EXAM –MATERIAL COVERED WEEKS 1-4

 

Th 2/9

Discussion

 

 

Clinical Correlation, Dr. Chang, MD, Ph.D.- Stroke, assessment and management of the cerebrovascular patient

 

F 2/10

Laboratory

Diencephalon -- Slide

Lab Manual - Diencephalon

 

Week 7

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 2/13

 Lecture

 

 

Regional Anatomy – Telencephalon

 

Haines Chapter 16

 

 

W 2/15

Laboratory

 

 

Telencephalon

 

Lab Manual – Telencephalon in Slides and Major Brain Structures in MRI

 

Th 2/16

Lecture

 

Reticular Formation, Consciousness and Sleep

Haines chapters 11-13, sections on reticular formation and raphe nuclei

 

F 2/17****

1:00-2:00

Lecture

Sensory Receptors, PNS and Peripheral Neural Disorders

Haines pp. 46-50, 256-260, 275-277 Haines chapters 17 18 and 33-sensory examination

 

Week 8

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 2/20

Lecture

 

 

Sensory Receptors, PNS and Peripheral Neural Disorders

Haines pp. 46-50, 256-260, 275-277

Haines chapters 17, 18 and 33-sensory examination

W 2/22

Lecture

 

 

Ascending Pathways – somatosensory, pain & related pathways

 

 

Haines pp. 46-50, 256-260, 275-277

Haines chapters 17, 18 and 33-sensory examination

Th 2/23

Lecture

 

 

Ascending Pathways

 

Haines pp. 46-50, 256-260, 275-277

Haines chapters 17 18 and 33-sensory examination

 

F 2/24

Lecture

 

Auditory System

Haines chapter 21 and 22

 

Week 9

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 2/27

Lecture

 

Auditory and Vestibular Systems

Haines chapter 21 and 22

 

W 3/1

Lecture

Lecture

Auditory and Vestibular Systems

Olfaction and Taste

Haines chapter 21 and 22

Haines chapter 23

Th 3/2

EXAM 3

 

LECTURE EXAM - MATERIAL COVERED WEEKS 5-8 EXEPT FOR AUDITORY SYSTEM

F 3/3

Laboratory

 

Sensory Systems

Lab Manual – Sensory Pathways

 

Week 10 March 6-10 Spring Break

 

 

Week 11

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 3/13

 

No class – Triple Jump Practice

W 3/15

Lecture

 

 

Descending Motor Pathways                                                       

Haines chapters 24 and 25

Th 3/16

 

Discussion

PBL

Clinical Correlation, Dr. Susan Tuori – Imaging the Brain, Radiology & Neuroradiology – Tentative date

 

F 3/17****

1-3

Discussion

Clinical Correlation, Dr. Mike Discher –Auditory/ vestibular assessment, conducted at Ear, Nose and Throat Associates --Tentative

 

Week 12

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 3/20

 

Discussion/

Case Studies

 

Clinical Correlation -- Descending Motor Pathways, Spinal Cord and Brainstem related disorders

 

W3/22

Discussion/

Case Studies

Clinical Correlation -- Descending Motor Pathways, Spinal Cord and Brainstem related disorders

 

Th 3/23

Lecture

Basal Ganglia

Haines chapter 26

F 3/24

Discussion/

 

Clinical Correlation, Dr. Munz –Movement Disorders

 

 

Week 13

Date

Format

Subject

Reading

M 3/27

Lecture

 

Cerebellum

 

Haines chapter 27

W 3/29

Lecture

 

Laboratory

Cerebellum

 

Motor Systems

Haines chapter 27

 

Laboratory manual –Motor Systems

Th 3/30

Discussion/

Case Studies