THE BRAIN & THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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Alila Medical Media en Español. (2016, marzo 28). Anatomía del cerebro en 3D, animación. Alila Medical Media español [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rirHJXmrPs

American Association of Neurological Surgeons. (n.d.). Anatomy of the brain. AANS.org. https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Anatomy-of-the-Brain

Ana Orti. (2012, noviembre 4). Aprendizaje neuronal 2 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVXx77WTOJI

BrainFacts.org. (s.f.). 3D Brain. https://www.brainfacts.org/3d-brain

Brain Facts.org. (2018, enero 6). How neurons communicate. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDvvUNU-cw

BrainFacts.org. (2016, agosto 18). The human brain. YouTube. https://youtu.be/7IyQdtmHciE 

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. (2015). 3D brain app. [Aplicación móvil]. https://dnalc.cshl.edu/resources/products/3d-brain-app.html

Conexiones: The Learning Sciences Platform. (2018, abril 10). Neuroanatomy by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6jb8nx_lM

Cox, D. (2020). Fundamentals of neuroscience. [MOOC] EdX. https://www.edx.org/xseries/harvardx-fundamentals-of-neuroscience

CrashCourse (2014, febrero 17). The chemical mind. YouTube. https://youtu.be/W4N-7AlzK7s

CrashCourse. (2014, February 24). Meet your master: Getting to know your brain. Crash course psychology #4. YouTube. https://youtu.be/vHrmiy4W9C0

CrashCourse. (2015, febrero 23). The nervous system, part 1: Crash Course A&P #8. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPix_X-9t7E

CrashCourse. (2015, marzo 2). The nervous system, part 2 - Action! Potential!: Crash Course A&P #9. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZG8M_ldA1M

CrashCourse. (2015, marzo 10). The nervous system, part 3 - Synapses!: Crash Course A&P #10. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VitFvNvRIIY

CrashCourse. (2015, marzo 23). Central nervous system: Crash Course A&P #11. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8NtmDrb_qo

CrashCourse. (2015, marzo 30). Peripheral nervous system: Crash Course A&P #12. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8NtmDrb_qo

CrashCourse. (2015, abril 6). Autonomic nervous system: Crash Course A&P #13. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71pCilo8k4M

CrashCourse. (2015, abril 13). Sympathetic nervous system: Crash Course A&P #14. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDgBlCHVsA

CrashCourse. (2015, abril 20). Parasympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #15. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqU-VjqjczE

Dubuc, B. (2021). The brain from top to bottom. McGill University. https://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/pop/pop_cred/pop_cred_d.html

dued711 (2011, diciembre 23). MIT introduction to neuroanatomy series: Part 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqFN7zTqLDM

dued711. (2012, febrero 2). MIT introduction to neuroanatomy series: Part 2 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLk8Pe9odBI

dued711. (2012, marzo 4). MIT introduction to neuroanatomy series: Part 3 [Video]. YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efoEjHFtfnk

dued711. (2012, marzo 29). MIT introduction to neuroanatomy series: Part 4 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3JWpx68V8

dued711.(2013, septiembre 13). MIT introduction to neuroanatomy series: Part 5 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Olx-Zzqu8

Dued711. (2013, septiembre 16). MIT introduction to neuroanatomy series: Part 6 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHpDhlmG8Y

FeliciCultura. (2014, junio 26). Joaquín Fuster sobre Neurociencia [Video].YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QApn6_BEslM&t=8s

General Culture R.D. (2020, agosto 1). Documentales interesantes. Así es el cerebro humano, National Geographic, documental, vídeo, discovery [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSqsbp1aIw

Gente Lógica. (2013, junio 24). Redes - Como se conectan las neuronas [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PNQK-YU43w&t=20s

Harvard Extension School. (2018, marzo 26). Action potential in the neuron [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa6rvUJlg7o

HarvardX. (2017, April 19). Fundamentals of neuroscience: Excitation and inhibition. YouTube. https://youtu.be/EVMbro2wblU

HarvardX. (2017, April 19). How a synapse works. YouTube. https://youtu.be/OvVl8rOEncE

Johns Hopkins Medicine. (s.f.) Brain anatomy and how the brain works. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-of-the-brain

Khan, S. (s.f.). La neurona y el sistema nervioso. Khan Academy. https://es.khanacademy.org/science/biology/human-biology/neuron-nervous-system/v/anatomy-of-a-neuron

Masteryupas. (s.f.) Sinapsis [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwk5OutMq80&t=36s

Mayfield Brain & Spine. (2018, abril). Anatomía del cerebro. https://mayfieldclinic.com/pe-anatbrain.htm

National Geographic. (2017, agosto 24). Brain 101 | National Geographic. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRFXSjkpKWA

National Institutes of Health. (2021, junio 9). Brain basics: Know your brain. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Know-Your-Brain

Sinapsis EMP. (2016, enero 25). Función de sinapsis y neuronas [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAqAaJ4gPs

Society for Neuroscience y Universidad Veracruzada. (2018). La neurona. En Brain facts (pp. 6-9). Society for Neuroscience. https://www.uv.mx/eneurobiologia/vols/2011/suplemento/BrainFacts.pdf

Stensaas, S. (2020, May). Neuroanatomy video lab: brain dissections. University of Utah Medical School. https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/adult/html/brain-dissections.html

TED. (2010, septiembre 28). Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7GwKXfJB0

University of Southern California. (s.f.). Human connectome project. http://www.humanconnectomeproject.org/

UT Health: The University of Texas McGovern Medical School. (s.f.). Neuroanatomy online: an open-access electronic laboratory for the neurosciences. https://nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroanatomy/index.html

Sukel, K. (2019, agosto 25). Neuroanatomy: The basics. Dana Foundation. https://www.dana.org/article/neuroanatomy-the-basics/

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