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In this programme a series of models of the brain of lamprey, dogfish, toad, crocodile, pigeon, hedgehog, sheep and man are compared and contrasted. The structure of the brain may be related to the... behaviour of its animal. Film of the animals showing their typical life styles is shown. As well as relating brain structure to behaviour the evolution of the brain from lamprey to man is emphasised. In the second part of the programme Dr Einon demonstrates the stages of dissection of the preserved sheep's brain which constitutes one of the home experiments in this course.
In this programme a series of models of the brain of lamprey, dogfish, toad, crocodile, pigeon, hedgehog, sheep and man are compared and contrasted. The structure of the brain may be related to the... behaviour of its animal. Film of the animals showing their typical life styles is shown. As well as relating brain structure to behaviour the evolution of the brain from lamprey to man is emphasised. In the second part of the programme Dr Einon demonstrates the stages of dissection of the preserved sheep's brain which constitutes one of the home experiments in this course.
| Module code and title: | SDT286, Biological bases of behaviour |
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| Item code: | SDT286; 04; 1973 |
| First transmission date: | 04-03-1973 |
| Published: | 1973 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:24 |
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| Producer: | Paul Clark |
| Contributors: | Neil Chalmers; Peggy Varley |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Alligator; Dissection; Frog; Hedgehog; Lamprey; Olfactory region; Pigeon; Salmon; Shark brain; Sheep |
| Footage description: | Peggy Variey introduces the programme. Underwater shots of a lamprey building a nest for egg laying. Shots of a Lamprey in a tank. Variey points out some features of this animal. Variey with a model of a lamprey brain. She points out its constituent parts and explains their functions. Shots of sharks swimming and feeding in a tank. Variey with a model of a shark brain. She points out its constituent parts and explains their functions with particular reference to the olfactory region. Shots of goldfish swimming in a tank. Varley describes some charactistics of this teleost. Varley with a model of a salmon brain, another teleost. She points out the constituent parts and describes their functions. In this case the optic lobes are greatly enlarged. Varley examines the brain of a codfish. Shots of a toad. Commentary by Variey describes the anatomical features of the animal. Variey with a model of a frog brain (similar to a toad's). She points out its constituent >arts and explains their functions. Shots of crocodiles on land, swimming, and feeding. Varley with a model of an alligator brain. She points out its constituent parts and explains their functions. Varley compares the brain of the alligator and shark using models as aids. Varley introduces Neil Chalmers who will look at brain structure of birds. Shots of several different species of birds in flight and on land. Neil Chalmers with a model of a pigeon brain. He points out its main features and relates these to the activities of the bird. Shots of a hedgehog. Commentary by Chalmers describes the animal's habits. Chalmers with a model of a hedgehog brain. He points out the major features and relates these to the animal's activities. Chalmers with a model of a human brain. He points out the main features and relates these to specific activities. Geoff Einon with a sheep brain. He points out some of the main features of this brain. Geofif Einon with sheep's brain after a sagital section. He points out features which were not visible before. Geoff Einon demonstrates a blunt dissection. He points out the features as they are revealed. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/70862 |
| Production number: | 00525_1061 |
| Videofinder number: | 2091 |
| Available to public: | no |
