Neuroscience '07 at RWJMS Course Director, Nancy L. Hayes, Ph.D. (e-mail: neuro@umdnj.edu) Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Welcome to the WWW Home Page for the Neuroscience Course at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The primary purpose of this resource is to serve the medical and graduate students enrolled in this course. In part, this site mirrors the password protected WebCT course site and serves as a backup for the schedule, reading assignments, and general information. All handouts and other materials can be accessed on WebCT. Last updated December 20, 2006

General Course Information.

• Course Goals and Objectives
• Textbooks and Other Information
• Grading Policies
• Faculty Listing.
• What if it snows? Information on potential University closings for weather or other reasons.
• Your course representatives are: Anar Shah and Haroon Rahimi
• Neuroscience in popular culture

Course Schedule, Reading Assignments, and Handouts (Also on WebCT)

• Course Schedule -- Block I. Schedule through the first exam; includes reading assignments and description of materials available on the course WebCT site
• Course Schedule -- Block II. Schedule for the second block, i.e., through the second exam; includes reading assignments and description of materials available on WebCT
• Course Schedule -- Block III. Schedule for the third block, i.e., through the Final Exam; includes reading assignments and description of materials available on WebCT
• Introduction to Clinical Case Studies provides a set of learning exercises which apply details and concepts from lectures and readings. Available on WebCT, these problems will be referred to throughout the course and also give students the opportunity to challenge their knowledge and apply lecture material to clinical problems at their own pace.

Study Aids

A list of serious and not-so-serious places to find Neuroscience-related information.

A few sample exams from previous years: N.B.: course content and materials change from year to year! These samples are intended only to provide you with a general sense of question formats.

• Practical Exams
• Key to Practical Exam from 2004
• Questions and Key to Practical Exam from 2002
• Practical Exam from Spring, 2001. Complete text with photos of the Practical Exam from Spring, 2001.
• Practical Exam from Spring, 2000. Complete text with photos of the Practical Exam from Spring, 2000.
  
• Written Exams
• First Block Exam (2002) with Key
• First Block Exam (2004) with Key
• Second Block (2003) -- includes answers (pdf file)
• Second block (2004) -- includes answers (pdf file)
• Final Exam (2003) -- includes answers (pdf file)
• Final Exam (2004) -- includes answers (pdf file)
• Final Exam (2005) -- includes answers (pdf file)

Pointers to other useful sites:

• Neuroscience Graduate Program
• The Navigable Atlas of the Human Brain
• USMLE Step 1: Content Outline: Central and Peripheral Nervous System
• Neuroanatomy tutorial: labeled structures on gross human specimens

Staff Information (Password Required)

• Index to Staff Information.

For information, contact the Course Director, Nancy L. Hayes, Ph.D. at neuro@umdnj.edu.