External Links:
Society for Neuroscience
To be included on the e-mail list for upcoming Neuroscience events and seminars in the Atlanta area Peggy Plant |
Brain Awareness - The brain on drugs
Use the powerpoint presentation written by Shawn Hochman to teach basic brain anatomy, function and how different drugs affect the brain. This is a long show: feel free to pick and choose slides for your own presentation.
you will need to download the following movies:
psm_brain (1.6 Mb)
psm_cow (1.6 Mb)
primary_visual_cortex_animation (3.3 MB)
mommri_lores (6.6 Mb)
put them in the same folder on your computer and check pages 3, 10, 23 and 24 of the show to make sure they work.
Use the interactive M&MDMA game (courtesy of CBN) to understand the action of ecstasy.
Contact Shawn Hochman (Emory) or Nadja Spitzer (GSU) for kid-friendly handouts about drugs of abuse to take to the classrooms.