TED-Ed
Could a Blind Eye Regenerate?
Whether it's healing a cut or mending a broken bone, the human body is capable of some pretty amazing repair work, but does it have the power to reverse the blindness caused by genetic diseases? Following along as this...
TED-Ed
The Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep
It's well known that people should get eight hours of sleep each night, but exactly why is that? Follow along with this short video as it investigates the crucial role sleep plays not only in peoples' physical health, but...
TED-Ed
Why Elephants Never Forget
They say elephants never forget, but why exactly is that? Find out with this enlightening video as it explains the neuroscience behind the amazing intelligence of these giant mammals.
TED-Ed
How Does Your Brain Respond to Pain?
Zap! Ouch! That hurts! But why? And how come people don't experience or respond to pain in the same way? Take a journey on the sensing pathway, from your nociceptors, along your nerves, up your spinal cord, to neurons and glial, through...
Curated OER
Neuron Functions
Neuron functions are wonderfully demonstrated and explained in this short yet informative clip. Each term is related to a real life object that will really help visual learners conceptualize each step in neuron functioning. This clip...
Curated OER
Neurons and How They Work
The brain is explained in somewhat ethereal terms in this video. Show your class a slightly different perspective of the neural network in the human body. Various animation is displayed throughout the video.
Curated OER
Nervous System A and P Part 1
A British speaker lectures on the parts of the nervous system. He writes the names on large paper as well so that viewers can follow along. He draws a neuron, explaining all its parts. The video cuts off after the nodes of Ranvier are...
Curated OER
Carl Sagan on Human Brain
Carl Sagan explains his evolutionary development of the brain, focusing on the cerebral cortex. What the cerebral cortex is capable of and what it performs are highlighted. This video could be used in a psychology or science classroom to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mirror Neurons
This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNow, describes the recent discovery and implications of mirror neurons, a specific kind of brain cell that fires both when performing an action and when observing someone else perform the same...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Sodium Potassium Pump
A detailed explanation of how a neuron transmits information from a dendrite to an exon. [13:53]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Anatomy of a Neuron
The anatomy of a neuron is explained. [6:13]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biology: Neuronal Synapses
A detailed explanation of how synapses signal to one another. [15:53]
PBS
Nova: Mirror Neurons
PBS site explores mirror neurons and why humans get so worked up watching other people. Contains links to a video segment on the discovery and significance of mirror neurons, a research update involving a study using pro dancers, an...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Bio Interactive: Electrical Activity of Neurons
Slideshow provides detailed facts, animations, and videos of the transfer of information that propagates from one neuron to the next.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Artificial Intelligence: Training Neural Networks #4
We're going to talk about how neurons in a neural network learn by getting their math adjusted, called backpropagation, and how we can optimize networks by finding the best combinations of weights to minimize error. [12:08]
AsapSCIENCE
Asap Science: Multiple Sclerosis
Learn about the auto-immune disorder, multiple sclerosis, in this video. Understand how MS causes the messages of the central nervous system to be slowed down. Also learn the symptoms of MS and that there is currently no cause or cure...
Crash Course
Crash Course A&p #8: The Nervous System, Part 1
Today Hank kicks off our look around MISSION CONTROL: your nervous system. [10:35]
Brightstorm
Brightstorm: Science: Neurons
Video tutorial teaches in an entertaining and easy to understand way about neurons and the role they play in the nervous system. [6:44]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: New Topic: Membrane Potentials Part 1
Find out how a cell that is permeable to one ion can become charged (either positive or negative) if there is permeability and a concentration gradient. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy. [8:21]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Nervous and Endocrine Systems: Anatomy of a Neuron
Learn about neurons, the specialized cells that transmit and receive electrical signals in the body. [6:12]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Schwann Cells
This video lesson describes the structure and function of Schwann cells. By Matt Jensen. This video lesson was developed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges and Khan Academy.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Action Potential Patterns
This video explains action potential patterns in neurons. [5:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Upper Motor Neurons
This video explains the function of the upper motor neurons. It covers the various signs that can occur with weakness or without weakness if there are abnormalities of the upper motor neurons. [13:40]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Types of Neurotransmitter Receptors
Learn about two different types of neurotransmitter receptors - ionotropic and metabotropic. [6:36]