1 1. Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities 2 2. Introduction: methods and primitive cellular activities 3 3. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 1 4 4. Steps to the CNS of chordates, part 2 5 5. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 1 6 6. Specializations in the evolving CNS, part 2 7 7. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 1 8 8. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 2 9 9. Autonomic nervous system; differentiation of the brain vesicles and intro to the hindbrain... 10 10. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 1: Hindbrain and cranial nerves, specializations 11 11. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 2: Developmental distortions; evolution of... 12 12. Differentiation of the brain vesicles, part 3: Vertebrate forebrain evolution and organization 13 14. CNS differentiation and axon growth, part 2 14 15. Motor systems and brain states, part 1 15 16. Motor systems and brain states, part 2 16 17. Motor systems and brain states, part 3 17 18. Motor systems and brain states, part 4 18 21. Visual systems, part 1 19 22. Visual systems, part 2 20 23. Visual systems, part 3 21 24. Auditory systems, part 1 22 25. Auditory systems, part 2 23 26. Forebrain evolution 24 27. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 1 25 28. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 2 26 29. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 3 27 30. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 4 28 31. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 5 29 32. Hypothalamus and limbic system, part 6 30 33. Corpus striatum, part 1 31 34. Corpus striatum, part 2 32 35. Neocortex, part 1 33 36. Neocortex, part 2 34 37. Neocortex, part 3 35 38. Plasticity in brain connections