MIT 9.14 Brain Structure and Its Origins, Spring 2014

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1 1. Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities 50:50 2023-10-04
2 2. Introduction: methods and primitive cellular activities 51:17 2023-10-04
3 3. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 1 43:18 2023-10-04
4 4. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 2 47:57 2023-10-04
5 5. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 1 49:46 2023-10-04
6 6. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 2 50:09 2023-10-04
7 7. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 1 48:09 2023-10-04
8 8. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 2 50:29 2023-10-04
9 9. Autonomic nervous system; differentiation of the brain vesicles and intro to the hindbrain... 51:52 2023-10-04
10 10. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 1: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations 48:19 2023-10-04
11 11. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 2: Developmental distortions; evolution of... 46:37 2023-10-04
12 12. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 3: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization 48:50 2023-10-04
13 14. CNS differentiation and axon growth, part 2 42:57 2023-10-04
14 15. Motor systems and brain states, part 1 48:27 2023-10-04
15 16. Motor systems and brain states, part 2 46:49 2023-10-04
16 17. Motor systems and brain states, part 3 45:50 2023-10-04
17 18. Motor systems and brain states, part 4 49:33 2023-10-04
18 21. Visual systems, part 1 52:54 2023-10-04
19 22. Visual systems, part 2 52:04 2023-10-04
20 23. Visual systems, part 3 50:10 2023-10-04
21 24. Auditory systems, part 1 50:14 2023-10-04
22 25. Auditory systems, part 2 52:17 2023-10-04
23 26. Forebrain evolution 42:14 2023-10-04
24 27. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 1 55:46 2023-10-04
25 28. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 2 38:39 2023-10-04
26 29. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 3 47:55 2023-10-04
27 30. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 4 50:06 2023-10-04
28 31. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 5 49:54 2023-10-04
29 32. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 6 52:50 2023-10-04
30 33. Corpus striatum, part 1 45:01 2023-10-04
31 34. Corpus striatum, part 2 50:00 2023-10-04
32 35. Neocortex, part 1 49:21 2023-10-04
33 36. Neocortex, part 2 43:55 2023-10-04
34 37. Neocortex, part 3 53:45 2023-10-04
35 38. Plasticity in brain connections 51:59 2023-10-04

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