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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Medical Neuroscience by Duke University

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About the Course

Medical Neuroscience explores the functional organization and neurophysiology of the human central nervous system, while providing a neurobiological framework for understanding human behavior. In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition. The overall goal of this course is to provide the foundation for understanding the impairments of sensation, action and cognition that accompany injury, disease or dysfunction in the central nervous system. The course will build upon knowledge acquired through prior studies of cell and molecular biology, general physiology and human anatomy, as we focus primarily on the central nervous system. This online course is designed to include all of the core concepts in neurophysiology and clinical neuroanatomy that would be presented in most first-year neuroscience courses in schools of medicine. However, there are some topics (e.g., biological psychiatry) and several learning experiences (e.g., hands-on brain dissection) that we provide in the corresponding course offered in the Duke University School of Medicine on campus that we are not attempting to reproduce in Medical Neuroscience online. Nevertheless, our aim is to faithfully present in scope and rigor a medical school caliber course experience. This course comprises six units of content organized into 12 weeks, with an additional week for a comprehensive final exam: - Unit 1 Neuroanatomy (weeks 1-2). This unit covers the surface anatomy of the human brain, its internal structure, and the overall organization of sensory and motor systems in the brainstem and spinal cord. - Unit 2 Neural signaling (weeks 3-4). This unit addresses the fundamental mechanisms of neuronal excitability, signal generation and propagation, synaptic transmission, post synaptic mechanisms of signal integration, and neural plasticity. - Unit 3 Sensory systems (weeks 5-7). Here, you will learn the overall organization and function of the sensory systems that contribute to our sense of self relative to the world around us: somatic sensory systems, proprioception, vision, audition, and balance senses. - Unit 4 Motor systems (weeks 8-9). In this unit, we will examine the organization and function of the brain and spinal mechanisms that govern bodily movement. - Unit 5 Brain Development (week 10). Next, we turn our attention to the neurobiological mechanisms for building the nervous system in embryonic development and in early postnatal life; we will also consider how the brain changes across the lifespan. - Unit 6 Cognition (weeks 11-12). The course concludes with a survey of the association systems of the cerebral hemispheres, with an emphasis on cortical networks that integrate perception, memory and emotion in organizing behavior and planning for the future; we will also consider brain systems for maintaining homeostasis and regulating brain state....

Top reviews

PH

Jan 4, 2017

Really detailed course but super medical (obviously) rather than anything too cognitive. I'd strongly recommend being very confident with biological sciences and chemistry to do this course.

SA

Nov 16, 2017

I found this course extremely useful. It was exactly what I needed and expected. A structured study of the brain and the spinal chord starting at the cellular level. A perfect course!

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By Yunli L

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Mar 15, 2022

it is kind of hard.

By Akhil V

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Jan 1, 2020

i love neuroscience

By Joaquin E G O

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Feb 5, 2026

Very, very usefull

By Linda B

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Jan 12, 2022

professor is great

By Lizeth A

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Sep 8, 2019

Excellent course!!

By Анна М

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Jan 31, 2026

Thank you so much

By Omar S E

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Nov 6, 2021

excellent course

By Mosaed A

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Oct 15, 2021

THANK YOU SO MUCH

By Jesus M

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Jan 5, 2021

¡Excelente curso!

By Padre L L

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Aug 9, 2020

Simply excellent!

By Camilla T H

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Jun 19, 2020

Fantastic course.

By Brijesh Y

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Jul 21, 2019

Excellent!!!!!!!!

By Hiếu N H M

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Jul 4, 2019

Best course ever!

By Saadat K

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Mar 26, 2019

P.hd level course

By Andrea G G

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Jun 2, 2017

wonderful course!

By Minesh K

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Sep 11, 2016

It is just Great.

By Mukesh K

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Feb 12, 2024

great learnings,

By Carlota A

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Feb 7, 2023

Very interesting

By Dr. H S

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Jul 6, 2020

Excellent course

By 石坂 信

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Feb 12, 2019

Splended course!

By Gabriel A D B

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Oct 2, 2018

Excellent course

By Agata Z

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Feb 2, 2018

fantastic course

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By Ambroise M

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Jan 26, 2017

Excellent course