Neuroanatomical Dissection: Human Brain and Spinal Cord
July 19 - 21, 2012
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Course description
This course consists of an exciting three-day anatomical dissection of the brain and spinal cord, as well as a compelling review of recent advances in functional neuroscience. Participants will work in groups (3) and will be allotted three afternoons to perform regional dissections on embalmed human cadaveric material. The faculty will consist of neuroscientists and clinicians qualified and experienced as neuroanatomical instructors. Faculty members will guide 12 hours of dissection in the afternoons. These sessions will be complemented by three morning lecture sessions enriched by slide, video, computer animation and microscopic presentations.
Who should attend
This provocative neuroanatomical dissection experience will prove invaluable to anyone seeking a better three-dimensional understanding of the organization of the nervous system. The course has been attended in the past by practitioners and educators from numerous disciplines, including psychology, medicine, neuroscience, physiology, physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitation engineering, anatomy, and many others.
Course schedule and content
Check-in for course 8:00 a.m. Thursday, July 19
Thursday
- Morning Lecture Session (Emory Clark Hall, Room 111)
Surface anatomy and cranial nerves, blood supply and meninges, major structures and fiber systems - Lunch (included)
- Afternoon Dissection Session (Gross Anatomy Lab, Lower Level, Schroeder Complex)
Surface anatomy and cranial nerves, ventricular system, cortical structures, divisions, and pathways
Friday, July 20
- Morning Lecture Session (Emory Clark Hall, Room 111)
Pyramidal and extrapyramidal motor pathways, basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebellum, limbic system and higher cortical functions - Lunch (included)
- Afternoon Dissection Session (Gross Anatomy Lab, Lower Level, Schroeder Complex)
Major fiber systems, basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellum, limbic system
Saturday, July 21
- Morning Lecture Session (Emory Clark Hall, Room 111)
Chemical neuroanatomy, brainstem and spinal cord. Review of specific neuropathologies, as well as recent advances in neuroscience, including current issues in stroke, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, addiction research, and the neurobiology of schizophrenia and depressive illness. - Lunch (included)
- Afternoon Dissection Session (Gross Anatomy Lab, Lower Level, Schroeder Complex)
Regional dissections of brainstem spinal cord, review of brain in coronal sections, review of histology and chemical neuroanatomy, wrap-up and course evaluation
Faculty
William E. Cullinan, Ph.D., Course Director, received his bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Marquette University and his doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Virginia. Following a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan, he joined the faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Marquette in 1995. He also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Cullinan has established an active research laboratory investigating the neural circuitry mediating stress responsiveness, currently funded by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The author of many research papers and book chapters, he presently teaches anatomy and neuroanatomy to undergraduate and professional students, and to medical students and residents.
David A. Baker, Ph.D., will serve as lecturer in the course. Dr. Baker received a doctorate from Arizona State University and completed postdoctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina. He joined the faculty in the department of Biomedical Sciences at Marquette University in 2002, and has established an active research program concerned with mechanisms of addiction and drug abuse.
Subhash C. Bhatnagar, M.S.-CCC (SPL), Ph.D., will serve as a lecturer and laboratory instructor in the course. Dr. Bhatnagar received his master's degree in speech pathology from SUNY-Buffalo and master's and doctorate degrees in neorolinguistics from the University of Rochester. He is an Associate Professor at Marquette University and teaches in the area of neurogenic disorders of communication in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. He has published numerous research articles, book chapters, and books in neuroscience and neurolinguistics. His research concerns functional mapping of the human brain.
James P. Herman, Ph.D., will serve as lecturer and laboratory faculty member. Dr. Herman received his doctorate in neurobiology from the University of Rochester and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan. He is presently Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati Medical School. Dr. Herman is the director of a neurobiology laboratory supported by several grants from the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation to examine stress effects upon the limbic system, and the function of stress hormones in the context of mental illness. He has authored numerous research papers and chapters, and has taught anatomy and neurobiology to medical and graduate students.
John R. Mantsch, Ph.D., will serve as a lecturer in the course. Dr. Mantsch received his doctorate from Louisiana State University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University. He joined the faculty in the department of Biomedical Sciences at Marquette in 2001. His research program concerns the neurobiology of addiction and is funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Robert C. Thompson, Ph.D., will serve as lecturer and laboratory instructor. Dr. Thompson received his Ph.D. from the Oregon Health Sciences University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, where he is co-director of the Gene Microarray Laboratory. His research interests concern the molecular biology of psychiatric illness, currently funded by the National Institute of Health. The author of numerous research articles and chapters, Dr. Thompson is also an experienced neuroanatornical instructor, and presently lectures to graduate students and medical residents.
