CCCCD: Associate Professor Wade Baggette
Fall 2007 Psyc 2301 TTh 2:30 to 3:45 pm
I greatly encourage my students to explore these links to enrich their learning experience. The links below may help clarify material covered in the book, mentioned in class, or both.
Chapter Two Information and Links
The following topics from Chapter Two are important and exam-worthy:
- Phrenology and its relationship to neuroscience
- Action Potentials, Inhibitory Neurons, Excitatory Neurons, the Synaptic Cleft (Gap), Dendrites, Axons, Refractory Period(s), Myelin, Nodes of Ranvier, and Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurotransmitters, related drugs, & medical conditions (Especially: SSRI's and Serotonin; Benzodiazepines and GABA; Acetylcholine and Alzheimers);
- The autonomic nervous system including the basic functions and characteristics of the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system
- Neuroanatomy and basic brain structures such as the medulla, pons, hypothalamus, reticular formation, thalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, anterior cingulated cortex, cerebellum, and the four lobes of the cerebal cortex. (Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital)
- Technologies such as EEG, MRI, PET scan, and fMRI
- All material in the chapter is available for testing, but these topics are emphasized
Chapter Two Links
- Central Nervous System Video (Youtube)
- Anatomy of the Hypothalamus (Youtube)
- Anatomy of a Nerve (Youtube)
- SSRI Video (Google)
- Multiple Sclerosis and Myelin
- Benzodiazepines, GABA, and Seizures
- Benzodiazepines
Being able to recognize the following drugs as benzodiazepines, and knowing that they affect the GABA receptors, and that improper withdrawal from them can cause seizures, could be helpful for Exam One:
Being able to recognize the following drugs as SSRI's, and knowing that they primarily affect the serotonin receptors, and that are prescribed as treatment for depression, could be helpful for Exam One:
- citalopram (Celexa, Cipramil, Emocal, Sepram, Seropram)
- escitalopram oxalate (Lexapro, Cipralex, Esertia)
- fluoxetine (Prozac, Fontex, Seromex, Seronil, Sarafem, Fluctin (EUR))
- fluvoxamine maleate (Luvox, Faverin)
- paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat, Aropax, Deroxat, Rexetin, Xetanor, Paroxat)
- sertraline (Zoloft, Lustral, Serlain)