http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:39:52 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 22:39:52 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=621456 I have used this material for 6 years in Neuroscience classes in Medical schools in 2 different countries - Seychelles and St. Kitts-Nevis. Using this material, Basic Science Medical student's average grade in National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Shelf Exam in Neuroscience reached a peak of 480 (3-digit NBME score), with a Median value of 493 (3-digit NBME score) in the Fall of 2011. This is close to US National average figure. This video was created in Medical University of the Americas in May 2011 by Med 3 Neuroscience students of Summer 2011 batch. It has been in circulation among the students since then. They find it very helpful to learn the material after they have listened to the video lecture. That is why it has been rendered online.Keywords: Sanjoy Sanyal, Dean, Professor, Neuroscience, AIMU, Acetylcholine, ACh receptor, ACh pharmacology, Channel toxins, Local anesthetics, Neuromuscular junction, NM junction structure, NMJ Physiology, NMJ pharmacology, Anticholinesterase, SLUD syndrome, Biological ACh toxins, Myasthenia gravis, Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome, Channelopathies, http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=609650 Each Lecture-series corresponds to the appropriate chapter in Snell's Neuroanatomy. However, for the sake of better understanding, each Lecture-series has been subdivided into 2 PowerPoint files. The first PPT covers the Basic Sciences, second covers the Clinical Aspects of that topic. For Cranial Nerves (Lecture-series 11), each CN (or subgroup thereof) has been allotted a single PPT that includes Basic Science and Clinical Aspects together for that CN (or subgroup). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=609682 Neuroscience is a comprehensive lecture and laboratory course that provides an integrated multidisciplinary study of the structure and functional relationships of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Essential to a proper understanding of Neurosciences is the ability to classify, correlate, associate and link the various entities and modules, much the same way as normal human cognition works in real life. This subject assumes basic knowledge of anatomy of Head and Cranial nerves. The syllabus is divided into easily understandable modules based on Snell’s chapter, supplemented by Board Review Series. Neurobiology and neurophysiology, brain metabolism, and the effects of damage and disease on cells of the central nervous system are covered in detail in the initial part of the course. Students are also introduced to techniques of neuro-imaging and taught introductory clinical assessment during this time. Thereafter the entire central nervous system, from spinal cord upwards to the cerebral cortex, is covered in minute detail. Each component of CNS is subdivided into two parts; the normal concepts and the pertinent clinical correlations. Knowledge is imparted by comprehensive techniques that utilize visual, verbal, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles of individuals. Learning is enhanced through laboratory gross brain dissection, imaging techniques and discussion of clinical correlations. Research skills are honed by subjecting students to a small project work, which they have to present towards the end of the course.