Required Text:
- Carlson, N. R. & Birkett, M. A. (2021). Physiology of behavior. (13th ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.
Course Introduction - Network Medicine
- Greene, J.A., & Loscalzo, J. (2017). Putting the Patient Back Together-Social Medicine, Network Medicine, and the Limits of Reductionism. The New England Journal of Medicine, 377(25), 2493. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms1706744
- Kraneveld, A. D., Theije, C., Heesh, F. Borre, Y., Kivit, S., Olivier, B., Korte, M., & Garssen, J. (2014)The Neuro-Immune Axis: Prospect for Novel Treatments for Mental Disorders. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 114(1), 128-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.12154
Electrical and Chemical Communication of Neurons
- Textbook Chapter 2- Structure and Functions of Cells of the Nervous System
- Textbook Chapter 4 - Psychopharmacology
- Nedergaard, M., & Verkhratsky, A. (2012). Artifact versus reality- How astrocytes contribute to synaptic events. Glia, 60(7), 1013-1023. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.22288.
- Robinson, D. L., Hermans, A., Seipel, A. T., & Wightman, R. M. (2008). Monitoring Rapid Chemical Communication in the Brain. Chemical Reviews, 108(7), 2554– 2584. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr068081q
Peripheral Nervous System - Basic Introduction to Hormones
- Textbook Chapter 3 - Structure of the Nervous System (Topics - Structure and Function of the Peripheral Nervous System to the end of the chapter)
- Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2020). Antipsychotic effects of sex hormones and atypical hemispheric asymmetries. Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 127, 313–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.02.016 Request through Interlibrary Loan.
Structures of the Central Nervous System
- Textbook Chapter 3 - Structure of the Nervous System
- Becker, J. H., Lin, J. J., Doernberg, M., Stone, K., Navis, A., Festa, J. R., & Wisnivesky, J. P. (2021). Assessment of cognitive function in patients after COVID-19 infection. JAMA Network Open, 4(10), Article e2130645. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30645
- Feuillet, L., Dufour, H., & Pelletier, J. (2007). Brain of a white-collar worker. Lancet, 370(9583),262. https://doi.org/mimas.calstatela.edu/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61127-1
Human Communication - Hemispheric Specialization and Lateralization
- Textbook Chapter 14--Human Communication
- Nasios, G., Dardiotis, E., & Messinis, L. (2019). From Broca and Wernicke to the neuromodulation era: Insights of brain language networks for neurorehabilitation. Behavioural Neurology, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9894571
- Petitto, L. A., & Marentette, P. F. (1991, Mar.). Babbling in the manual mode: Evidence for the ontogeny of language. Science, 251(5000), 1493–1496. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.2006424
- Prichard, E. C., & Christman, S. D. (2020). Handedness and the 2016 US primaries: Consistent handedness predicts support for Donald Trump among Republicans, but gender predicts support for Hillary Clinton among Democrats. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 25(6), 641–653. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2020.1810061
Learning and Memory
- Textbook Chapter 13 – Learning and Memory
- Milner, Brenda, Suzanne Corkin, and H. L. Teuber. (1968). Further Analysis of the Hippocampal Amnesic Syndrome: 14-Year follow-up study of H M. Neuropsychologia, 6 (3): 215–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3932(68)90021-3
- Moore, D., & Loprinzi, P. D. (2021). Exercise influences episodic memory via changes in hippocampal neurocircuitry and long‐term potentiation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(8), 6960–6971. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14728
- White, N. M., Packard, M. G., & McDonald, R. J. (2013). Dissociation of memory systems: The story unfolds. Behavioral Neuroscience, 127(6), 813–834. https://doi-org/10.1037/a0034859
Substance Use/addiction/reward
Substance Use Disorders
- Textbook Chapter 19 Substance Abuse
- McHugh, R. K., Votaw, V. R., Sugarman, D. E., & Greenfield, S. F. (2018). Sex and gender differences in substance use disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 66, 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.10.012
- Blanco, C., & Volkow, N. D. (2019). Management of opioid use disorder in the USA: present status and future directions. The Lancet, 393(10182), 1760-1772. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33078-2
Somatosenses - Somatosensory pathways - Perception of Pain
- Textbook Chapter 7 - Audition, the Body Senses, and the Chemical Senses (Topics - Somatosenses to Gustation)
Physiology of stress response - Stress disorders and anxiety disorders - Psychoneuroimmunology
- Textbook Chapter 17 - Stress, Anxiety, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Topics - Physiology of the Stress Response to Autism Spectrum Disorder)
- Allen, J. O., Watkins, D. C., Mezuk, B., Chatters, L., & Johnson-Lawrence, V. (2020). Mechanisms of racial health disparities: Relationships between coping and psychological and physiological stress responses. Ethnicity and Disease, 30(4), 563-573. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.30.4.563
- Boen, C. (2019). Death by a thousand cuts: Stress exposure and Black-White disparities in physiological functioning in late life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75(9),1937-1950.https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz068
- McEwen, B.S., Bowles, N.P., Gray, J.D., Hill, M.N., Hunter, R.G., … & Nasca, C. (2015). Mechanisms of stress in the brain. Nature Neuroscience, 18(10), 1353-1363. https://doi.org/10.1083/nn.4086
- Tackett, J. L., Herzhoff, K., Smack, A. J., Reardon, K. W., & Adam, E. K. (2017). Does socioeconomic status mediate racial differences in the cortisol response in middle childhood? Health Psychology, 36(7), 662-672. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000480
Sleep physiology - Sleep disorders
- Chapter 9-Sleep and Biological Rhythms
- Grandner, M. A., Williams, N. J., Knutson, K. L., Roberts, D., & Jean-Louis, G. (2016). Sleep disparity, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic position. Sleep Medicine, 18, 7-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.020
- Slopen, N., Lewis, T. T., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Discrimination and sleep: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine. 18, 88-95.
- Zhang, F., Zhong, R., Li, S., Chang, R. C. C., & Le, W. (2017). The missing link between sleep disorders and age-related dementia: recent evidence and plausible mechanisms. Journal of Neural Transmission, 124(5), 559-568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-017-1696-9
Psychiatric Disorders (schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder) and their Common Pharmacological Treatments
- Textbook Chapter 4 - Psychopharmacology
- Chapter 17 - Schizophrenia and the Affective Disorders
- Bresnahan, M., Begg, M. D., Brown, A., Schaefer, C., Sohler, N., Insel, B., ... & Susser, E. (2007). Race and risk of schizophrenia in a US birth cohort: another example of health disparity? International Journal of Epidemiology, 36(4), 751-758. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dym041
- Misra, S., Jackson, V. W., Chong, J., Choe, K., Tay, C., Wong, J., & Yang, L. H. (2021). Systematic review of cultural aspects of stigma and mental illness among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States: Implications for interventions. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12516
- Preston, J. and Moore, B.A. (2019). Quick Reference to Psychiatric Medications: http://psyd-fx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Quick-Reference-Guide-April-2019.pdf
- Sousa Júnior, G. M. de, Vargas, H. D. Q., Barbosa, F. F., & Galvão-Coelho, N. L. (2021). Stress, memory, and implications for major depression. Behavioural Brain Research, 412. Article 113410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113410