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Graphic Brain - Neurophysiology

This computer animated neuroscience software covers many aspects of neuroscience, including: neural membrane, resting/action potential, neuromuscular junction, synaptic transmission and neurochemistry, plasticity, development, ligand and voltage gated channels, G-protein mediated postsynaptic responses, auditory sensation, visual sensation, mechanical/chemical sensation, reflexes, cerebellum. Each of its topical modules (chapters) is a self-contained teaching unit (playing time 10-15 mins.). Graphic Brain - Neurophysiology complements most neuroscience texts and contains about 3 hours of animated instruction. It is particularly useful in teaching/learning about time- and space-varying phenomena, which it illustrates in a dynamic way (ion flow across membranes, axonal conduction, sensory transduction, muscle contraction, second messenger dynamics, neural network operation, etc.). Suitable for medical/graduate neuroscience courses and advanced undergraduate psychobiology courses.

Year of production: 1993 Medium: 3.5" disk System requirements: MS-DOS, Windows, PowerMac; Local Area Networks (LANs) compatible; 22 MB HDD space Price: US$100.00 (individual licence); US$350.00 (5-site licence; additional sites are $50.00 each); on-line demo available on website or can be requested on 3.5" disk (enclose full postal address and indicate the format)