Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A brief overview of the sensory systems and detailed notes on audition from an undergraduate neuroscience course. Includes sections on: sound frequency and hearing, intensity and speed of sound, the structure of the auditory system, the cochlea, the basilar and tympanic membrane, the organ of corti, auditory receptors, TRPA ion channels, Depolarization and repolarization of hair cells, auditory pathways, auditory cortex, broca and wernicke's area, and hearing loss

Detailed notes on the Cerebellum structure of the brain, from an undergraduate neuroscience class at UCLA. Includes sections on: Cerebellar gross anatomy, cerebella subdivisions, vestibulocerebellar and spinocerebellar pathways, mossy fibers and climbing fibers, microcircuitry, as well as classical conditioning of the eyeblink reflex.

Detailed notes on the structure and function of the Basal Ganglia from a Neuroscience class taken at the undergraduate level at UCLA. Includes notes on the anatomy of the circuit of the basal ganglia, dopamine and dopaminergic projections, the direct and indirect pathway, and movement disorders including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease

Vision 1: Anatomy of Eye and Photoreceptors - includes sections on the properties of light, the gross anatomy of the eye, human retinal development, accommodation by the lens, the visual field and visual acuity, hyperopia and myopia, laminar organization of the retina, and photoreceptors