Neuroscience

George Augustine is a neuroscientist known for his work on presynaptic mechanisms of neurotransmitter release and his contributions to the development of optogenetics, a tool to control neural activity using light. He is a Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and the Irene Tan Liang Kheng Chari Professor in Neuroscience at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Jennifer Groh studies how the brain processes spatial information, with a particular emphasis on vision, hearing, and eye movements. She is the author of an award-winning popular science book on these topics. She is a Professor of Neurobiology and of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, where she also holds secondary appointments in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. Leonard White studies the structure and connectivity of the mammalian brain using ultra high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and lightsheet microscopy. He is at Duke University where he serves as an educator at the graduate/medical school and undergraduate levels. He is an Associate Professor in Neurology, Associate Director of the Duke Institute for Brain Science,and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Neuroscience.

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• 1: Studying the Nervous SystemUnit 1: Neural Signaling2: Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells3: Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability4: Ion Channels and Transporters5: Synaptic Transmission6: Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors7: Molecular Signaling within Neurons8: Synaptic PlasticityUnit 2: Sensation and Sensory Processing9: Vision10: Hearing11: The Vestibular System12: Touch and Proprioception13: Pain and Temperature14: Olfaction15: TasteUnit 3: Movement and Its Central Control16: Lower Motor Neuron Circuits and Motor Control17: Upper Motor Neuron Control of the Brainstem and Spinal Cord18: Modulation of Movement by the Basal Ganglia19: Modulation of Movememnt by the Cerebellum20: Eye Movements and Sensorimotor Integration21: The Visceral Motor SystemUnit 4: The Changing Brain22: Early Brain Development23: Construction of Neural Circuits24: Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Developing Brain25: Sex Differences and Neural Circuit Development26: Repair and Regeneration in the Nervous SystemUnit 5: Complex Brain Functions and Cognitive Neuroscience27: Cognitive Functions and the Organization of the Cerebral Cortex28: Corticol States29: Attention20: Memory31: Speech and Language 32: Emotion33: Thinking, Planning, and Deciding