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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Bibliography

Bear, Mark F., Barry W. Connors, and Michael A. Paradiso. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. A very good neurobiology textbook with lots of real-life examples that help you see the significance of very technical information.

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. A book that anyone can understand. Does not contain a lot of details on neurons, but does have a lot on diseases and disorders of the brain.

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): 781-793. This is the article on receptor proteins that may affect schizophrenia, and contains the neuron and brain images my students will analyze.

Fuchs, Paul A., A.Robert Martin, and Bruce G. Wallace. From Neuron to Brain, Fourth Edition. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2001. Another good neurobiology textbook.

International Baccalaureate Organization, IBO Diploma ProgrammeBiology Guide, First Examinations 2009. Cardiff, Wales,GB: International Baccalaureate Organization, 2007.

Kandel, Eric R., James H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell. Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1995. A neurobiology textbook.

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

MacNeilage, Peter F., Lesley J. Rogers, and Giorgio Vallortigara. "Origins of the Left & Right Brain." Scientific American, July 2009. This is the article I have student read before they read the original research paper on the toad experiment.

Raven, Peter H., and George B. Johnson. Biology, fifth edition. USA: McGraw-Hill, 1999. My classroom textbook.

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

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.

Vallortigara, G., L.J. Rogers, A. Bisazza, G. Lippolis, and A. Robins. "Complementary right and left hemifield use for predatory and agonistic behavior in toads." Neuroreport 9 (14) (1998): 3341-3344. The original article on lateralization of predatory responses by toads referred to in the Scientific American article. May require access from a university library.

Wikipedia contributors. "Action potential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential (accessed July 12, 2009). Yes, its Wiki, but the information for this topic is very readable for the layperson, and is supported by the other material that I read.

Zimmer, Carl . "The Brain." Discover, May 2009.

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