MIDTERM PREPARATION

INFORMATION BELOW WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE MIDTERM EXAM

Physiological Psychology Part I.
INTRODUCTION
 Textbook Chapter 1
 Red information on Course Blog

GROSS ANATOMY
Planes of Section - CB chapter 2
Major Brain Divisions CB Unit 4.3, 4.4
Divisions of Nervous System CB Unit 2.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

NEURONAL NETWORKS AND SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
Neurophysiology and synaptic transmission
     Textbook Modules 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2
Neuron Morphology  CB chapter 3
Neuron Story  Instructor's Blackboard link and Students' YouTube postings

BRAIN ANATOMY BY DIVISION (Items in Parenthesis will be on the Final)
Mylencephalon  CB 6.1
    Reticular Formation, Pyramids
Metencephalon CB 6.2
    Pons, Cerebellum
Mesencephalon  CB 6.3
    Inferior & Superior Colliculi
    Red Nuclei, Periaqueductal Grey, Substantia Nigra
    (Tectum and Tegmentum)
Diencephalon CB 6.4-6.6
    Thalamus
         Lateral Geniculate Nucleus; Medial Geniculate Nucleus; Ventral Posterior Nucleus
     Hypothalamus
         Suprachiasmatic nucleus (Ventral medial nucleus)
     Pituitary Gland
Telencephalon
      Brain lobes  CB 7.2
      Fissures  CB 7.1
      Gyri  CB 7.3

Functional Neural Systems
     Simple System
             Reflex Arc Textbook 3.1;  Blackboard Midterm Preparation; CB 1.1, 1.3, 1.4; 8.5, 8.6