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Neuroanatomy for Physician Assistants
Course Outline for Spring 2003
Classes meet on Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 to 3:30 PM.
David Paul Crockett, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Room R-306, Telephone: 1-732-235-3404
E-Mail: crockett@umdnj.edu
Optional Feature:
Over the course of the semester, there will be opportunities for you to examine clinical problems. These will be posted when they are available.
Session I: Wednesday January 15:
Introduction,
General Anatomy, The Neuron and Development
Required: Nolte: Readings 1-52
Session II: January 22:
Gross Anatomy of
the Brain: Brain Dissection and Demonstration
Required: Nolte: Readings pp. 53-96
Neuroanatomical Websites: Study Guides
Session III: January 29:
Spinal Cord,
Ascending and Descending tracts, and Introduction to Somatosensory System
Required: Nolte: Readings pp. 210-214; 223-259
Session IV: February 5:
Cranial Nerves
and Brainstem
Required: Nolte: Readings pp. 262-317; Atlas pictures: 372-385
Session V: February 12:
Thalamus and
Cerebral Cortex
Required: Nolte Readings pp. 386-409;525-555; Atlas pictures pp. 586-605.
Session VI: February 19:
Corticospinal
Tract And The Cortical Control Of Movement
Required: Nolte Readings pp. 247-250; 449-463
Session VII: February 26:
Basal Ganglia;
Cerebellum and Movement
Required: Nolte readings pp 464-510.
Session VIII: March 5:
Midterm
(Exam covers Sessions I - VII)
Session IX: March 12:
Somatosensory Systems
and Pain
Required: Nolte Readings pp. 197-216; 238-245; 303-310;536-539
Session: X: March 19:
Vision
Required: Nolte: Readings pp. 410-448; 539-540.
Session XI: March 26:
Audition and
Vestibular Senses
Required: Nolte: Readings pp. 337-371; 540-541.
Session XII: April 2:
Olfaction and
Taste
Required: Nolte Readings pp. 317-336; 341.
Spring Break: No Classes: April 9:
Session XIII: April 16:
Hypothalamus and
Limbic System
Required: Nolte Readings pp. 559-585.
Session XIV: April 23:
Blood Supply and
CSF
Required: Nolte Readings: 98-146.
Final Exam: To be scheduled
Required Text:
Nolte, J. (2002) The Human Brain: An introduction to its functional anatomy, 5th ed. The C.V. Mosby Company. St. Louis
Young, P.A., and Young, P.H., (1997) Basic Clinical Neuroanatomy, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore.
Additional Sources:
Haines, D.E. (1995) Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections and Systems, 4th ed. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore.
Hanaway, J., Woolsey, T.A., Gado, M.H., Roberts, M.P., Jr. (1998) The Brain Atlas: A Visual Guide to the Human Central Nervous System. Fitzgerald Science Press, Bethesda.
Kiernan, J.A. (1998) Barr's The Human Nervous system: An Anatomical Viewpoint, 7th ed. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia - New York.
Brust, J.C.M. (2000) The Practice of Neural Science. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Neuroscience '00 website
at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School