Section 2: Sensory Systems

Table of Contents

• 1. Overview of the Nervous System, Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 The Central Nervous System
  • Part 2 The Cerebral Hemispheres, The Diencephalon
  • Part 3 The Brain Stem
  • Part 4 The Peripheral Nervous System, Orientation to the Central Nervous System
• 2. Somatosensory Systems, Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Somatic Stimuli
  • Part 2 Introduction to Peripheral Organization of Somatosensory Systems
  • Part 3 Sensory Transduction
  • Part 4 Somatosensory Receptor Types, Cutaneous Receptors
  • Part 5 Proprioceptive Receptors, Summary, Test Your Knowledge
• 3. Anatomy of the Spinal Cord, Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Introduction, General Features, Segmental and Longitudinal Organization
  • Part 2 Internal Structure of the Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Nuclei and Laminae, Nuclei, Rexed Laminae
  • Part 3 White Matter, Spinal Cord Tracts, Dorsal Root
  • Part 4 Ventral Root, Spinal Nerve Roots, Blood Supply of the Spinal Cord, Test Your Knowledge
• 4. Somatosensory Pathways, Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 General Organization of Somatosensory Pathways, Common Anatomical Features, Peripheral Somatosensory Axons
  • Part 2 Somatotopic Organization, Somatosensory Pathways, Medial Lemniscal Pathway
  • Part 3 Main Sensory Trigeminal Pathway, Neospinothalamic Pathway
  • Part 4 Spinal Trigeminal Pathway, Concluding Remarks, Test Your Knowledge
• 5. Somatosensory Processes, Patrick Dougherty, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Sensory Pathways Decussate before Reaching the Thalamus, Modality Specificity is Maintained up to the Cortex, Somatosensory Neurons have Receptive Fields, Spatial Information is Topographically Mapped in Sensory Pathways
  • Part 2 The Somatosensory Cortex, Primary Cortical Receiving Area, Secondary Cortical Receiving Area, Association Cortical Area, Cortical Areas for Pain Sensation
  • Part 3 Clinical Examples: Peripheral Nervous System, Example 1
  • Part 4 Clinical Examples: Peripheral Nervous System (continued), Example 2
  • Part 5 Clinical Examples: Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord, Example 3
  • Part 6 Clinical Examples: Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord (continued), Example 4
  • Part 7 Clinical Examples: Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord (continued), Example 5
  • Part 8 Clinical Examples: Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord (continued), Example 6
  • Part 9 Clinical Examples: Central Nervous System: The Brain, Example 7
  • Part 10 Clinical Examples: The Cortex, Example 8, Summary, Test Your Knowledge
    
• 6. Pain Principles, Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Pain Receptors
  • Part 2 Factors that Activate Nociceptors, Pain Thresholds and Just Noticeable Differences, Pain Fibers
  • Part 3 Double Pain Sensations, Nociceptive Neurons in the Spinal Cord (Nocineurons), Classification of Pain, Test Your Knowledge
• 7. Pain Tracts and Sources, Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Pain Pathways
  • Part 2 Pain Pathways (continued)
  • Part 3 Sources of Pain
  • Part 4 Sources of Pain (continued)
  • Part 5 Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Summary, Test Your Knowledge
• 8. Pain Modulation and Mechanisms, Nachum Dafny, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Pain Modulation, Neuronal Circuits that Modulate Pain
  • Part 2 Pain Mechanisms
  • Part 3 Pain Mechanisms (continued), Summary, Test Your Knowledge
• 9. Chemical Senses: Olfaction and Gustation, Max O. Hutchins, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Gustatory System
  • Part 2 Gustatory System (continued)
  • Part 3 Olfactory System
  • Part 4 Neural Pathway into the Olfactory Cortex, Conclusion, Test Your Knowledge
• 10. Vestibular System: Structure and Function, Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Vestibular System, The Semicircular Ducts, The Otoliths
  • Part 2 Vestibulo-occular Reflex, Nystagmus, and Caloric Testing, Test Your Knowledge
• 11. Vestibular System: Pathways and Reflexes, Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Overview of Ascending and Descending Pathways, Vestibular Connections to the Occulomotor Nuclei, Vestibulo-cerebellar Connections
  • Part 2 Lateral and Medial Vestibulospinal Tract, Test Your Knowledge
• 12. Auditory System: Structure and Function, Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 The Vertebrate Hair Cell, Sound, The Cochlea
  • Part 2 Tonotopic Organization, The Range of Sounds to Which We Respond, Test Your Knowledge
• 13. Auditory System: Pathways and Reflexes, Lincoln Gray, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Connections in the Central Auditory System, Test Your Knowledge
• 14. Visual Processing: Eye and Retina, Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 Measures of Visual Sensation
  • Part 2 The Image Forming Process
  • Part 3 The Retina
  • Part 4 Rods and Cones Form the Basis for Scotopic and Photopic Vision
  • Part 5 Visual Processing in the Retina
  • Part 6 Visual Processing in the Retina (continued)
  • Part 7 Clinical Manifestations of Retinal Dysfunction, Summary, Test Your Knowledge
• 15. Visual Processing: Cortical Pathways, Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
  • Part 1 The Visual Pathway from Retina to Cortex
  • Part 2 The Visual Pathway from Retina to Cortex (continued), Retinotopic Organization nin the Visual Pathway
  • Part 3 Retinotopic Organization in the Visual Pathway
  • Part 4 Retinotopic Organization in the Visual Pathway (continued), Clinical Example1, Clinical Example 2
  • Part 5 Clinical Example 3
  • Part 6 Clinical Example 4
  • Part 7 Clinical Example 5, Summary, Test Your Knowledge