prof. Len White, Author at Learn Medical Neuroscience

Covid 19 : Free access to Sylvius.

Oxford University Press gives free access to books and journals during the COVID-19 pandemic- (offer has expired)

Oxford University Press (OUP) made all resources on SARS-CoV-2, the new corona virus causing COVID-19, freely accessible to all working to address the pandemic.
Many universities around the world have moved all courses online because of COVID-19. To help students who may be displaced from their books, OUP is giving free access to books and other educational material to support distance learning. This includes Professor White’s textbook, Neuroscience, Sixth Edition. Continue reading “Covid 19 : Free access to Sylvius.”

Duke University Course Credit for online Course Medical Neuroscience

by Leonard White, PhD

Students have asked for Duke Course Credit

Over these last few years, I’ve received many inquiries from people all over the world who are seeking official Duke University course credit for the online course Medical Neuroscience. For example, some of these students are trying to fulfill a requirement of an academic program in their own university. Others seek to complete a requirement for admission to the next educational level (e.g., graduate admissions or medical school admission). Many of these students hoped to earn an official course credit that would transfer back into their home institution. They also hoped to receive a transcript from Duke University verifying successful completion of Medical Neuroscience.

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Prof. White’s thoughts on the Sixth Edition of Neuroscience

by Leonard White, PhD (Duke University)

Introducing Neuroscience, 6th Ed.

After nearly five years of research, writing, and editing, the sixth edition of Neuroscience, by Purves et al., was released in October of 2017 by Sinauer Associates (now an imprint of Oxford University Press). Since the first edition of the book was published in 1997, this is the most thorough revision from one edition to the next.

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Medical Neuroscience starts online and on campus today

by: Leonard E. White, PhD, Durham NC (U.S.A.)

The next session of Medical Neuroscience begins today (August 29, 2016). We look forward to welcoming to our course another group of wonderfully diverse and passionate learners from all walks of life and all over the world. One particular corner of the world that will contribute some number of students to the course is Durham North Carolina (U.S.A.), home to Duke University.

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