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Welcome
to Neuroanatomy! Try to use the latest version of your favorite browser. This site appears to work well in Internet Explorer©, Firefox©, Chrome© or Safari©. You may need to shut down pop-up blockers for this site in order to read the answers that will "pop-up" in many of the quizzes as well as enable java-script. Nevertheless, you will probably find some quirks in viewing this site in different browsers. If you have any problems, please contact Dr. Unnerstall. Note that the UIC Brainstem Atlas is a Flash© application which may tie you to the computer platform to use this module (although I have seen some iPad apps that can "run" the module fairly effcienttly). About this site ... The Navigation Bar on the left will be your guide to the resources available on this site. You will need to have the "Flash© plug-in" from from Adobe installed on your system to use the required UIC Brainstem program. Streaming videos will be available that can be played on the Real Player from Real Networks or on YouTube™. Finally, be sure to have the Acrobat Reader installed on your system as well. For the main pages, the navigation bar will always be there to let you surf around. Where ever you see the "Neuro@natomy" logo, click on it to close the window you are in and return to the previous home page. Many of the individual learning modules (such as labs or case studies) will open up in a new window without the sidebar, leaving this navigation window on your desktop. Click on the "Neuro@natomy" logo or the "X" on the top of the browser pane to close the new window; or you may toggle between the browser windows open on your desktop. Clicking on Course Objectives will provide you a formal synopsis of the course and a listing of the basic learning objectives. A guide to learning resources to help you in your study of Neuroscience is presented. Click on Schedule/Manuals for the course syllabi and other downloads such as the lab manual and zipped folders of the Brainstem slides that can be used as flashcards or loaded on to you handheld devices. The calendars were built in Google and you can download these from Google by clicking on the icon in the lower right corner of the calendar into your personal desktop calendar. You can also print the schedule as an agenda (tab on upper right hand corner of the calendar - use the arrow next to the Agenda tab to close the US Holidays calendar before printing!). Links to the previews for lectures and labs can be found here as well as under the Lectures or Laboratories tabs on the sidebar. Keep up with the links here to guide your studies! Each lecture and laboratory entry will be linked to the topic competencies, readings for the topic, a preview for that topic which outlines the knowledge needed to achieve the competencies, as well as study questions on that topic. Use this material seriously to prepare for each lecture and review for the examinations. Check the Neuroanatomy site on the Blackboard server for any updates to the handouts and additional course material. At the beginning of each lab preview will be a link to the weekly Brainstem Slides of the Week which are provided to pace your studies and quiz you on your mastery of the Brainstem slide set. Please realiize that this site is built for multiple groups that take Human Neuroanatomy. As the courses have evolved (in particular the medical school course), certain topics hqve been blended with lectures in Tissue Biology and Physiology. These will be noted as the course progresses. A note about the study questions at the end of each lecture preview: To help you avoid the temptation of just memorizing more factoids, note that we will not post answers to these questions. Knowing what we know about the brain, learning is best accomplished by actively seeking answers and solving problems. However, if you're baffled or need some feedback, don't hesitate to Email the faculty via the Blackboard site or use the Discussion Groups on Blackboard to post your answers. The instructors promise to follow the Discussions and respond to Emails. This way, we'll know how well you are doing with your studies as well as be able to determine if there are any general problems in understanding the material. Don't be afraid to use these tools to seek help or obtain reassurance. The UIC Brainstem Atlas is the "Flash" version of the interactive UIC Brainstem program. This is a readily available resource to help you in your studies. Don't forget, you'll see all these slides on the Laboratory practical examinations. The atlas will appear in a new window. If you want annotated or non-annotated snapshots of the images used in UIC Brainstem, you will find a link to these images in compressed folders under the Schedules/Manuals tab or when you link to the Brainstem program. They are optimized for printing 4" x 6" photos and they also work well when downloaded to your MP3 or smartphone media player. Cases are a series of clinical studies and problem solving exercises taken directly from patients seen here at UIC. These cases, provided by Dr. Steven Brint of the Department of Neurology, are organized to coincide with specific laboratories and lectures. These cases will demonstrate some of the actual clinical relevance of the material you're studying and bring you up to speed with the application of modern methods of neuro-imaging and the interpretation of these data. Click on TLEs to test your knowledge on actual teaching-learning examinations. These are interactive quizzes with actual feedback provided to help you with learning the material. This year we will post a "midterm TLE" after the first week of class. In February, we will also post a comprehensive TLE. There will also be a link to a "Mock Practical" examination. Before you get to the Week 8 Mock Practical Examination you'll find several Review Videos that will be available to help guide you in your study of the wet laboratory specimens. You will be able to find out more about the primary course faculty when you click on Faculty. When you click on Feedback, you will also find a convenient form for providing comments or asking questions about the course and the information presented in the course. This form will allow you to provide anonymous comments. Just remember, if you want a reply, you'll have to supply your Email address. The course schedule and handouts are also available on the UIC Blackboard server. Check this resource often for announcements as well as handouts, lecture videos, updates and supplementary material that the faculty may provide. Also, you can use the Blackboard services for discussions and Email contact to the faculty. The faculty promises to check these resources and respond to your questions and concerns. Of course, we may not always give pat answers, but we'll be there to help you think through questions and problems and help you to learn the material. For the ultimate source of Neuroscience resources on the internet, visit the Society for Neuroscience. Problems with
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