MiniMed School Resources

The UB MiniMed School Program provides an opportunity for individuals who did not pursue a medical degree to learn about many topics of interest in the medical profession. The MiniMed School offers courses modeled after the material taught to medical students. The courses are open to the general public for a nominal fee. These resources, which are organized by course subject, are compiled to coincide with topics presented in each class.

The brain is a complex structure that plays a significant role in controlling our body and our emotions. Neuroscience is of interest to the medical community and health science practitioners and clinicians continue to study the brain in a variety of contexts. Some of the topics that will be addressed throughout these MiniMed School sessions include:

• Your Amazing Brain: Understanding its Structure and Function
• To be, or not to be...How We Make Decisions
• Stroke and Acute Brain Injury
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Neurological Basis for Bad Habits

This page contains a list of articles that are relevant to the specific topics that will be discussed with the MiniMed School courses. Following these articles is a list of general websites, journals, books, and audiovisual materials that will provide you with comprehensive information about brain structure, function, and research.

Bartolomeo P. Visual neglect. Current opinion in neurology. 20(4):381-6, 2007 Aug.

Dolan RJ. Emotion, cognition, and behavior. Science. 298(5596):1191-4, 2002 Nov 8.

Eviatar Z. Ibrahim R. Morphological structure and hemispheric functioning: the contribution of the right hemisphere to reading in different languages. Neuropsychology. 21(4):470-84, 2007 Jul.

Johnson SC. Ries ML. Hess TM. Carlsson CM. Gleason CE. Alexander AL. Rowley HA. Asthana S. Sager MA. Effect of Alzheimer disease risk on brain function during self-appraisal in healthy middle-aged adults. Archives of general psychiatry. 64(10):1163-71, 2007 Oct.

Laureys S. Boly M. What is it like to be vegetative or minimally conscious?. Current opinion in neurology. 20(6):609-13, 2007 Dec.

May A. Gaser C. Magnetic resonance-based morphometry: a window into structural plasticity of the brain. Current opinion in neurology. 19(4):407-11, 2006 Aug.

Park MS. Nguyen AD. Aryan HE. U HS. Levy ML. Semendeferi K. Evolution of the human brain: changing brain size and the fossil record. Neurosurgery. 60(3):555-62; discussion 562, 2007 Mar.

Peters R. Ageing and the brain. Postgraduate medical journal. 82(964):84-8, 2006 Feb.

Pull CB. Recent trends in the study of specific phobias. Current opinion in psychiatry. 21(1):43-50, 2008 Jan.

Valenzuela MJ. Sachdev P. Brain reserve and dementia: a systematic review. Psychological medicine. 36(4):441-54, 2006 Apr.

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Bogacz R. Optimal decision-making theories: linking neurobiology with behaviour. Trends in cognitive sciences. 11(3):118-25, 2007 Mar.

Campbell-Meiklejohn DK. Woolrich MW. Passingham RE. Rogers RD. Knowing when to stop: the brain mechanisms of chasing losses. Biological psychiatry. 63(3):293-300, 2008 Feb

Glimcher PW. Rustichini A. Neuroeconomics: the consilience of brain and decision. Science. 306(5695):447-52, 2004 Oct 15.

Gold JI. Shadlen MN. The neural basis of decision making. Annual review of neuroscience. 30:535-74, 2007.

Kording K. Decision theory: what “should” the nervous system do?. Science. 318(5850):606-10, 2007 Oct 26.

Northoff G. Neuroscience of decision making and informed consent: an investigation in neuroethics. Journal of medical ethics. 32(2):70-3, 2006 Feb.

Paulus MP. Decision-making dysfunctions in psychiatry–altered homeostatic processing?. Science. 318(5850):602-6, 2007 Oct 26.

Polezzi D. Lotto L. Daum I. Sartori G. Rumiati R. Predicting outcomes of decisions in the brain. Behavioral brain research. 187(1):116-22, 2008 Feb 11.

Sanfey AG. Social decision-making: insights from game theory and neuroscience. Science. 318(5850):598-602, 2007 Oct 26.

Yang J. Li H. Zhang Y. Qiu J. Zhang Q. The neural basis of risky decision-making in a blackjack task. Neuroreport. 18(14):1507-10, 2007 Sep 17.

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Dahlof B. Prospects for the prevention of stroke. Journal of hypertension-supplement. 24(2):S3-9, 2006 Apr.

Goff DC Jr. Brass L. Braun LT. Croft JB. Flesch JD. Fowkes FG. Hong Y. Howard V. Huston S. Jencks SF. Luepker R. Manolio T. O’Donnell C. Robertson RM. Rosamond W. Rumsfeld J. Sidney S. Zheng ZJ. American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. American Heart Association Council on Stroke. American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. American Heart Association Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. American Heart Association Working Group on Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease. Essential features of a surveillance system to support the prevention and management of heart disease and stroke: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Nursing and the Interdisciplinary Working Groups on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease. Circulation. 115(1):127-55, 2007 Jan 2

Goldstein LB. Rothwell PM. Primary prevention and health services delivery. Stroke. 38(2):222-4, 2007 Feb.

Hemmen TM. Lyden PD. Induced hypothermia for acute stroke. Stroke. 38(2 Suppl):794-9, 2007 Feb.

Lip GY. Edwards SJ. Stroke prevention with aspirin, warfarin and ximelagatran in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thrombosis research. 118(3):321-33, 2006.

Redfern J. McKevitt C. Wolfe CD. Development of complex interventions in stroke care: a systematic review. Stroke. 37(9):2410-9, 2006 Sep.

Sauerbeck LR. Primary stroke prevention. American journal of nursing. 106(11):40-1, 43-5, 48-9; quiz 49-50, 2006 Nov.

Singhal AB. Lo EH. Advances in emerging nondrug therapies for acute stroke 2007. Stroke. 39(2):289-91, 2008 Feb.

Skidmore ER. Rogers JC. Chandler LS. Jovin TG. Holm MB. A precise method for linking neuroanatomy to function after stroke: a pilot study. Topics in stroke rehabilitation. 14(5):12-7, 2007 Sep-Oct.

Spence JD. Nutrition and stroke prevention. Stroke. 37(9):2430-5, 2006 Sep.

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Andrews B. Brewin CR. Philpott R. Stewart L. Delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review of the evidence. American journal of psychiatry. 164(9):1319-26, 2007 Sep.

Bisson JI. Post-traumatic stress disorder. British Medical Journal. 334(7597):789-93, 2007 Apr 14.

Bisson JI. Ehlers A. Matthews R. Pilling S. Richards D. Turner S. Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Systematic review and meta-analysis. British journal of psychiatry. 190:97-104, 2007 Feb.

Bobo WV. Warner CH. Warner CM. The management of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the primary care setting. Southern medical journal. 100(8):797-802, 2007 Aug.

Charney DS. Deutch AY. Krystal JH. Southwick SM. Davis M. Psychobiologic mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of general psychiatry. 50(4):295-305, 1993 Apr.

Griffiths RD. Jones C. Delirium, cognitive dysfunction and posttraumatic stress disorder. Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 20(2):124-9, 2007 Apr.

Guess KF. Posttraumatic stress disorder: early detection is key. Nurse practitioner. 31(3):26-7, 29-33; quiz 33-5, 2006 Mar.

Hull AM. Neuroimaging findings in post-traumatic stress disorder. Systematic review. British journal of psychiatry. 181:102-10, 2002 Aug.

Jackson JC. Hart RP. Gordon SM. Hopkins RO. Girard TD. Ely EW. Post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress symptoms following critical illness in medical intensive care unit patients: assessing the magnitude of the problem. Critical care (London, England). 11(1):R27, 2007.

Laramie JA. Post-traumatic stress disorder at the end of life. Home healthcare nurse. 25(5):293-8, 2007 May.

Mezey G. Robbins I. Usefulness and validity of post-traumatic stress disorder as a psychiatric category. British Medical Journal. 323(7312):561-3, 2001 Sep 8.

Olff M. Langeland W. Draijer N. Gersons BP. Gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological bulletin. 133(2):183-204, 2007 Mar.

Reeves RR. Diagnosis and management of posttraumatic stress disorder in returning veterans. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 107(5):181-9, 2007 May.

Rick S. Douglas DH. Neurobiological effects of childhood abuse. Journal of psychosocial nursing & mental health services. 45(4):47-54, 2007 Apr.

Sapolsky RM. Why stress is bad for your brain. Science. 273(5276):749-50, 1996 Aug 9.

Schafer I. Najavits LM. Clinical challenges in the treatment of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse. Current opinion in psychiatry. 20(6):614-8, 2007 Nov.

Tareen A. Elena Garralda M. Hodes M. Post-traumatic stress disorder in childhood. Archives of disease in childhood education and practice. 92(1):ep1-6, 2007 Feb.

Zohar J. Juven-Wetzler A. Myers V. Fostick L. Post-traumatic stress disorder: facts and fiction. Current opinion in psychiatry. 21(1):74-7, 2008 Jan.

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Altman J, Everitt BJ, Glautier S, et. al. The biological, social and clinical bases of drug addiction: commentary and debate. Psychopharmacology. 125(4):285-345, 1996.

Bickel WK. Miller ML. Yi R. Kowal BP. Lindquist DM. Pitcock JA. Behavioral and neuroeconomics of drug addiction: competing neural systems and temporal discounting processes. Drug and alcohol dependence. 90 Suppl 1:S85-91, 2007 Sep.

Cardinal RN, Parkinson JA, Marbini HD, et. al. Role of the anterior cingulate cortex in the control over behavior by Pavlovian conditioned stimuli in rats. Behavioral neuroscience. 117(3):566-587, 2003 Jun.

Dichiara G. Role of dopamine in the behavioural actions of nicotine related to addiction. European journal of pharmacology. 393(1-3); Sp. Issue S1:295-314, 2000 Mar.

Epstein LH. Leddy JJ. Temple JL. Faith MS. Food reinforcement and eating: a multilevel analysis. Psychological bulletin. 133(5):884-906, 2007 Sep.

Everitt BJ, Robbins TW. Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from action to habits to compulsion. Nature neuroscience. 8(11):1481-1489, 2005 Nov.

Fishbein DH. Krupitsky E. Flannery BA. Langevin DJ. Bobashev G. Verbitskaya E. Augustine CB. Bolla KI. Zvartau E. Schech B. Egorova V. Bushara N. Tsoy M. Neurocognitive characterizations of Russian heroin addicts without a significant history of other drug use. Drug and alcohol dependence. 90(1):25-38, 2007 Sep 6.

Leshner AI. Addiction is a brain disease, and it matters. Science. 278(5335):45-47, 1997 Oct.

Newlin DB. Strubler KA. The habitual brain: an “adapted habit” theory of substance use disorders. Substance use & misuse. 42(2-3):503-26, 2007.

Robinson TE, Berridge KC. The neural basis of drug craving–an incentive–sensitization theory of addiction. Brain research reviews. 18(3):247-291, 1993.

Volkow ND. Fowler JS. Wang GJ. Swanson JM. Telang F. Dopamine in drug abuse and addiction: results of imaging studies and treatment implications. Archives of neurology. 64(11):1575-9, 2007 Nov.

Wickens JR. Horvitz JC. Costa RM. Killcross S. Dopaminergic mechanisms in actions and habits. Journal of neuroscience. 27(31):8181-3, 2007 Aug 1.

Yin HH, Knowlton BJ. The role of the basal ganglia in habit formation. Nature reviews neuroscience. 7(6):464-476, 2006 Jun.

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The purpose of this resource guide is to provide information on the brain. Some databases and online journals are only available by subscription, but all resources may be accessed in the Health Science Library.

Brain Basics: Know Your Brain
This site, maintained by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, provides information on the different parts of the brain, how we process information, and different types of neurological disorders.

MedlinePlus: Brain Diseases
MedlinePlus.gov is a site that has been developed and maintained by the National Institutes of Health and is known for providing accurate consumer health information. This site contains comprehensive information about specific conditions, brain anatomy, related research, and much more!

MedlinePlus: Brain Cancer
Another informative website from MedlinePlus, this page provides detailed information in regard to brain cancer symptoms, diagnosis, screening, therapy, nutrition, and treatment options.

The Secret Life of the Brain
PBS aired a series of episodes about brain anatomy and function, as it changes throughout our lifetime. This website is designed to be a supplement to the documentary series, providing interactive tutorials and 3-D models, a history of the brain and brain research, as well as detailed information from each documentary. The “Infant Vision” feature within the “Baby’s Brain” episode was particularly interesting.

Society for Neuroscience: Brain Briefings
A series of two-page newsletters explaining how basic neuroscience discoveries lead to clinical applications. This very comprehensive site examines how a number of injuries, interactions, and conditions effect the brain.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Stroke
A great place to start in order to locate statistics, basic information, and resources related to this condition. Be sure to check out their fact sheets and the reports from MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report).

Mayo Clinic: Brain Aneurysm
One of three pages related to brain injury from the trusted Mayo Clinic website.

Mayo Clinic: Brain Attack (Stroke)
This page includes an extensive and informative section on stroke prevention.

Mayo Clinic: Brain Tumor
The section on complementary and alternative medicine is a notable addition to this page.

NIMH: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
This website about post-traumatic stress disorder (from the National Institute of Mental Health) contains a link to a reader-friendly and informative fact sheet for this disorder.

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All of these journals can be found by searching the Bison Catalog or by searching through the E-Journals Database.

Brain (First Journal Listed)

Brain and cognition

Brain & development (Tokyo. 1979)

Brain and language

Brain & mind (Campinas, Brazil)

Brain, behavior and evolution

Brain, behavior, and immunity

Brain injury

Brain research (First Journal Listed)

Brain research. Brain research protocols

Brain research bulletin

Brain research. Cognitive brain research

Brain research. Gene expression patterns

Brain research reviews

Brain stimulation

Journal of neuroscience (First Journal Listed)

BMC neuroscience

Neuroscience research

General listing of journals relating to the topic of neuroscience

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Atlas of the human brain / Jurgen K. Mai, Thomas Voss, and George Paxinos. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Book Collection Oversize | WL 17 M217a 2008

The brain and behavior: an introduction to behavioral neuroanatomy / David L. Clark, Nashaat N. Boutros, Mario F. Mendez. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
LOCKWOOD LIBRARY | Book Collection | QM455 .C55 2005

The brain :an owner’s manual. New York : Discover Magazine, 2007.
LOCKWOOD LIBRARY | Book Collection | QP376 .B6956 2007

Brain injury medicine: principles and practice / edited by Nathan D. Zasler, Douglas I. Katz, Ross D. Zafonte. New York : Demos, c2007.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Book Collection | WL 354 B81386 2007

Brain, mind, and medicine: essays in eighteenth-century neuroscience / edited by Harry Whitaker, C.U.M. Smith, Stanley Finger. New York, NY : Springer, c2007.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Book Collection | WL 11.1 B814 2007

CNS regeneration: basic science and clinical advances / edited by Jeffrey H. Kordower, Mark H. Tuszynski. Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Academic, 2008.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Book Collection | Currently on Order

Cross-sectional atlas of the brain / Peter Ratiu and Ion-Florin Talos. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Book Collection | WL 17 R236c 2005

Neuroscience: exploring the brain / Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso. Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Walkins, c2007.
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Book Collection | WL 300 B368n 2007

Understanding the brain: the birth of a learning science. Paris : OECD, c2007.
LOCKWOOD LIBRARY | Book Collection | QP360.5 .U528 2007

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Atlas of the human brain / Jurgen K. Mai, Thomas Voss, and George Paxinos. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
DVD
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Digital Media Resources Center | WL 17 M217a 2008

Cross-sectional atlas of the brain / Peter Ratiu and Ion-Florin Talos. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
CD-ROM
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Digital Media Resources Center | CD-ROM WL 17 R236c 2005

Dissection of the human brain[videorecording] / Lennart Heimer, MD., and Media Services, University of Virginia Health System.[S.l.] : Linden Communication Group, c2006.
DVD
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Digital Media Resources Center | DVD WL 101 467d 2006

Human brain development [videorecording]: nature and nurture / Davidson films and Classroom Productions present. San Luis Obispo, CA : Distributed by Davidson Films, c2007.
Videorecording
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Digital Media Resources Center | DVD WL 300 H918 2007

Neuroscience: exploring the brain / Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso. Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Walkins, c2007.
CD-ROM
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY | Digital Media Resources Center | WL 300 B368n 2007

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