Alcohol and the Brain

This article takes a brief look at the possible mechanisms by which alcohol effects the brain. It looks at the lipid theory, the protein theory, and the various neurotransmitters which may facilitate the absorption of alcohol.

Animations: How Drugs Work

This excellent set of demonstrations show how drugs work in the body and in the brain. There is an animation showing how brain cells communicate, and there are demonstrations depicting the effects of alcohol, cocaine, and opiates in the brain.

Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback

This site provides information about what biofeedback is, what neurofeedback is, what psychophysiology is, and what problems biofeedback can correct.

Biofeedback Webzine

This Web magazine presents information about biofeedback, including current research, clinical applications, and techniques for treating stress disorders.

Cortical Neuron-Astrocyte Interaction

Site reviews neuronal and astrocyte interactions and the effects they have in the body.

Drugs, Brains, and Behavior

This online book discusses topics that include the behavior and chemistry of the brain, psychopharmacological concepts, fear and anxiety, pain, depression, schizophrenia, arousal, tolerance, drug abuse, and habitual behaviors.

Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer

This article provides an introduction to evolutionary psychology. It discusses James' theory of instinct, five essential principles of evolutionary psychology, the design of organisms, nature and nurture, and reasoning instincts.

Gender and the Brain

Site discusses the differences in the brains of men compared to the brains of women.

Nailing Down Pheromones

This article discusses the discovery of two pheromones in women.

Neuroanatomy and Physiology

This site describes that various components of the brain and provides diagrams.

Probe the Brain

Site lets you probe the brain to discover what area of the brain controls which part of your body.

SALMON Study and Learning Materials On-Line for Physiological Psychology

Site provides information about neurotransmission, depression, hormones and stress, sexual behaviour, sex differentiation, ethology, aggression, learned helplessness, drug tolerance, and drug addiction.

The Mind Uploading Home Page

"The Mind Uploading home page is dedicated to the putative future process of copying one's mind from the natural substrate of the brain into an artificial one, manufactured by humans. This technology will radically alter society in many ways, as science fiction authors have begun to illustrate.".

Tinnitus Location Found in the Brain

Article discusses the discovery of where tinnitus is registered in the brain. Tinnitus is a "chronic sensation of loud ringing in the ears.".

Whole Brain Interpreter

Article discusses split brain patients.

ePsychlopedia

Site provides 10 different tutorials covering the topics of brain and behavior, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, motivation and emotion, cognition, intelligence, personality, and social psychology.

Emotion and Motivation

Emotional Participation in Decision-Making

This article discusses the amygdala's role in emotional assessments, the organization of emotional expression, the emotional experience, and the role of the frontal lobes in emotion.

Fear and the Amygdala

This site discusses the role the amygdala may play in producing fear.

Neuropsychology

Basic Neural Processes Tutorials

Learn about nerve and brain functioning.

Brain Disorders Network

Site from the National Foundation for Brain Research includes a helpful page on Brain Disorders and RX Info.

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Has information about the society and its activities.

Comparative Brain Anatomy

Site has information and images concerning the comparison of brains of different animals, the slicing of brains, and neurons. There is also a discussion relating brain size and structure to intelligence.

Conversations with Neil's Brain

A web book about "the neural nature of thought and learning.".

Endocrine Disorders

Site is an extensive source of information about endocrine disorders.

Hypothalamus and the Autonomic Nervous System

This tutorial discusses the hypothalamus, its anatomy, the autonomic nervous system, and the baroreceptor reflex.

Interactive Brain Atlas: The Digital Anatomist Project

Site "contains 3-D computer graphic reconstructions of brain material; MRI scans; tissue sections, some enhanced with pathways; gross brain specimens and dissections; and summary drawings.".

Milestones in Neuroscience Research

This site provides a detailed timeline of the major events that occurred during the history of neuroscience.

Montreal Neurological Institute - Brain Imaging Centre

"The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) is one of the largest scientific communities in North America dedicated solely to research imaging of the human brain.".

NMDA Receptors

This article discusses NMDA receptor blockers and the prevention of neuronal damage due to strokes, epilepsy, Huntington's Disease, and AIDS.

Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology on the Internet

Site has an interactive Neuropathology Laboratory which has images of various sections of the brain, and it also has a Handbook of Neurology that has information about many neuropathological diseases.

Neuroscience Tutorials

Tutorials are provided for a broad range of topics including visual pathways, somatosensory pathways, different structures of the brain, and sleep.

Neuroscience for Kids

Although this site is designed for kids, it is a vast resource for people of all ages. It contains information and diagrams about many neuroscience topics including brain structure, sleep, the spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system, the neuron, sensory systems, neuroscience methods and techniques, the effects of drugs on the nervous system, and neurological and mental disorders.

Neurotrophic Factors

This article discusses neurotrophic factors which "are responsible for the growth and survival of neurons during development, and for maintaining adult neurons.". It is hoped that these factors can be used to prevent degenerative brain diseases.

Society for Neuroscience (SFN)

The Society includes psychological perspectives on neuroscience.

The Action Potential

Site provides an overview of the action potential process, and it also includes the "sounds" of an action potential.

The Components of the Human Brain

This site provides excellent figures and descriptions of the brain starting with the major divisions of the brain, then moving to subordinate structures and systems.

The Virtual Hospital: The Human Brain

Superb medical photographs of dissected brain and spinal cords provide realistic reference points for students of biopsychology; not for the squeamish.

The Whole Brain Atlas

Information and impressive visuals related to brain physiology and disease.

Virtual Sheep Brain Dissection

Site dissects a sheep brain online and clearly labels the different parts of the brain.

ePsych

Site provides a number of unique tutorials and demonstrations that focus on various functions of the brain including sensation and perception, cognition, transmission of neural impulses, and learning.

Sleep and Dreaming

Dream Warriors

Article discusses the story of one researcher and one clinician who investigate the purpose of dreaming.

Dreams: Info for Students

Site describes how a person can perform a scientific study about dreams.

International Association for the Study of Dreams

Site provides information about the association, links to a journal about dreaming, and links to online articles about dreaming.

Lucid Dreaming

Site provides information about lucid dreaming which occurs you realize that you are dreaming yet you continue to dream.

Psychology, Culture, and Evolution

This site discusses consciousness; the evolution of the brain, consciousness, language, and sociality; sleep paralysis; and nocturnal hallucinations.

Sleep Deprivation

This article discusses "what all undergraduates should know about how their sleeping lives affect their waking lives.".

Sleep Medicine Homepage

"This home page lists resources regarding all aspects of sleep including, the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, federal and state information, patient information, and business-related groups."

Sleep, Dreams, and Wakefulness

Site is an extensive resource of original papers and more concerning the neurobiology of the states of sleep and wake.

The "Purpose" of Dreams

Article discusses how some scientists believe that dreams do not have underlying meaning or purpose.