The Great Courses: Understanding the Brain

Part I : Lecture 1. Historical underpinnings of neuroscience -- Lecture 2. Central nervouse system--gross organization -- Lecture 3. Central nervous system... internal organization -- Lecture 4. Central nervous system... subdivisions -- Lecture 5. Cortex... lobes and areas -- Lecture 6. Cortex... sensory, motor, and association areas -- Lecture 7. Central nervous system... -development -- Lecture 8. Central nervous system... cellular organization -- Lecture 9. Pathways and synapses -- Lecture 10. Neurotransmitters -- Lecture 11. Stroke -- Lecture 12. The visual system--the eye --

Part II : Lecture 13. The visual system... the cortex -- Lecture 14. The auditory system -- Lecture 15. The somatosensory system -- Lecture 16. Agnosias -- Lecture 17. The motor system... voluntary movement -- Lecture 18. The motor system... coordinated movement -- Lecture 19. Parkinson's disease -- Lecture 20. Language -- Lecture 21. The limbic system--anatomy -- Lecture 22. The limbic system... biochemistry -- Lecture 23. Depression -- Lecture 24. The reward system--anatomy --

Part III : Lecture 25. The reward system

drugs

Lecture 26. Brain plasticity

Lecture 27. Emotion and executive function

Lecture 28. Processing of negative emotions

fear

Lecture 29. Music and the brain

Lecture 30. Sexual dimorphism of the brain

Lecture 31. Sleep and dreaming

Lecture 32. Consciousness and the self

Lecture 33. Alzheimer's disease

Lecture 34. Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

Lecture 35. Wellness and the brain

effects of stress

Lecture 36. Neuroscience

looking back and looking ahead.