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Motor Systems - October 22
EVENT:
Introduction to Neuroscience | For Registered StudentsWho Should Attend:
High School Students
Speakers
Suggested Reading
- Textbook Ch12 pgs 412-436
- Textbook Ch13 pgs 454-463
- Textbook Ch14 pgs 484-509
Lesson Objectives
- Understanding that neurons are not randomly distributed throughout the brain. Neurons in the cortex that process sensory information from the same regions in the body are clustered together. These orderly spatial arrangements of neurons are called representations, and together the representations form 'topographic maps'.
- Understanding that topographical maps can be refined through skill learning or after an injury to the nervous system - this reorganization is referred to as 'brain plasticity'.
- Understanding brain plasticity is mediated by altering connectivity between different brain regions.
- Understanding how changes in connectivity are controlled will inform future therapies for recovery from brain and spinal cord injury.
About Introduction to Neuroscience
Burke Neurological Institute, in White Plains, is offering an Introduction to Neuroscience course for interested High School students.