The Brain in Health and Disease

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.06.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background Information
  3. Strategies and Lesson Plans
  4. Activities
  5. Notes
  6. Bibliography
  7. Teacher Resources:
  8. Student Resources:
  9. Appendix—Implementing District Standards

Neurobiology Using BOTH Sides of the Brain

Connie Scercy Wood

Published September 2009

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Notes

1 Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. (Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001), 26.

2 Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. (Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001), 27-29.

3 Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior. (Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995), 225.

4 Saltzman, Mark. "Cellular structure of the brain." The Brain in Health and Disease Seminar, Yale National Teacher Initiative, New Haven, CT, May 1, 2009.

5 Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. (Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001), 10.

6 Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. (Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001), 10.

7 Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior. (Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995), 33.

8 Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. (Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001), 14

9. Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior. (Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995), 35.

10 Wikipedia contributors. "Action potential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential (accessed July 12, 2009).

11 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 94.

12 Wikipedia contributors. "Action potential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential (accessed July 12, 2009).

13 Saltzman, Mark. "Cellular structure of the brain." The Brain in Health and Disease Seminar, Yale National Teacher Initiative, New Haven, CT, May 1, 2009.

14 Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. (Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001), 15.

15 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 114.

16 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 117.

17 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 118.

18 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 159.

19 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 162.

20 Saltzman, Mark. "Review of cellular structure and organization of the brain." The Brain in Health and Disease Seminar, Yale National Teacher Initiative, New Haven, CT, July 6, 2009.

21 Raven, Peter H., and George B. Johnson. Biology, fifth edition. (USA: McGraw-Hill, 1999), 1004.

22 Raven, Peter H., and George B. Johnson. Biology, fifth edition. (USA: McGraw-Hill, 1999), 1005.

23 Raven, Peter H., and George B. Johnson. Biology, fifth edition. (USA: McGraw-Hill, 1999), 1005.

24 Zimmer, Carl . "The Brain." Discover, (May 2009):29.

25 MacNeilage, Peter F., Lesley J. Rogers, and Giorgio Vallortigara, "Origins of the Left & Right Brain," Scientific American (July 2009):60, 62.

26 Raven, Peter H., and George B. Johnson. Biology, fifth edition. (USA: McGraw-Hill, 1999), 1006.

27Kolb, Brian and Ian Q. Whishaw. Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology. (New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1985): 87.

28 Bloom, Floyd E., M. Flint Beal, and David J. Kupfer. The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference from Medical Experts. (Washington: Dana Press, 2006): 6.

29 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 570.

30 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 586-587.

31 Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. (Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006), 178.

32 Brennaman, Leann Hinkle, and Patricia F. Maness. "Developmental regulation of GABAergic interneuron branching and synaptic development in the prefrontal cortex by soluble neural cell adhesion molecule." Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 37 (2008): 782.

33 International Baccaluareate Organization. IBO Diploma ProgrammeBiology Guide, First Examinations 2009. (Cardiff, Wales,GB: International Baccalaureate Organization, 2007), 9.

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