Normal Processes

Embryonic development, fetal maturation, and perinatal changes, including neural tube derivatives, cerebral ventricles, neural crest derivatives

Repair, regeneration, and changes associated with stage of

life

Organ structure and function

• Spinal cord, including gross anatomy, blood supply, and spinal reflexes
• Brain stem, including cranial nerves and nuclei, reticular formation, gross anatomy, and blood supply
• Brain, including gross anatomy and blood supply; cognition, language, memory; hypothalamic function; limbic system and emotional behavior; circadian rhythms and sleep; control of eye movement
• Sensory systems, including
  proprioception, pain, vision, hearing, balance, taste, and olfaction
• Motor systems, including brain and spinal cord, basal ganglia and cerebellum
• Autonomic nervous system
• Peripheral nerve

Cell/tissue structure and function

• Axonal transport
• Excitable properties of neurons, axons and dendrites, including channels
• Synthesis, storage, release, reuptake, and degradation of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
• Pre- and postsynaptic receptor interactions, trophic and growth factors
• Brain metabolism
• Glia, myelin
• Brain homeostasis: blood-brain barrier; cerebrospinal fluid formation and flow; choroid plexus

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