Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Introduction
Welcome to the Fundamentals of Neuroscience course at Wikiversity! This course provides a general introduction to the most essential principles of neuroscience, from neuron to perception, intended to give a strong foundational understanding of the human brain and nervous system so that this foundation can be expanded on by more advanced topics like those found elsewhere in Topic: Neuroscience.

Lessons
Conceptual Overviews:
 * Lesson 1: What is Neuroscience?
 * Lesson 2: Neural Cells
 * Lesson 3: Neural Signaling
 * Lesson 4: Classification of the Nervous System
 * Lesson 5: Divisions of the Brain

Focused Topics:
 * Lesson 6: Development
 * Lesson 7: Sleep
 * Lesson 8: Memory
 * Lesson 9: Language
 * Lesson 10: Emotion

Senses and Movement:
 * Lesson 11: Sight
 * Lesson 12: Hearing
 * Lesson 13: Taste and Smell
 * Lesson 14: Pain and Touch
 * Lesson 15: Movement

Disorders:
 * Lesson 16: Developmental Disorders
 * Lesson 17: Degenerative Disorders
 * Lesson 18: Psychiatric Disorders
 * Lesson 19: Injury Disorders
 * Lesson 20: Other Disorders

In addition, these supplemental lessons, which cover more technical topics, may be of interest:
 * Lesson A: Basic Cell Biology
 * Lesson B: Properties of Electrical Currents
 * Lesson C: Membrane Potential at Rest

Exams
Ready to test your knowledge? Go to the Exams section.

Instructor
If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to contact Kernsters.

References and Resources

 * Topic: Neuroscience includes a wide variety of wikipedia and wikiversity topics
 * The Human Brain Book, by Rita Carter, contains many great overviews that are similar in complexity level to these lessons
 * Brain Facts, published by the Society for Neuroscience, is a very good free resource, covering a broad array of neuroscience topics at a comfortable depth
 * Neuroscience Online is a useful free-access and highly detailed textbook offered through the UTH Medical Center website.
 * Biology, by Campbell and Reece, has well-written but fairly short chapters on many relevant topics, plus offers a firm grounding for those struggling with the biology aspects of the course
 * Robert Sapolsky's Human Behavioral Biology lecture series, which can be found free online, is highly informative and entertaining, although hovers in difficulty level at an intermediate or slightly greater range
 * Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, by Bear, Connors, and Paradiso is an excellent source of information at an advanced college level