The Neuroscience on the Web Series
Patrick McCaffrey, Ph.D
Professor/Coordinator, Communication
Sciences and Disorders Graduate Program
California State University, Chico
Welcome to Neuroscience on the Internet! First, I would like to tell you a few things about myself. The motorcycle belonged to Neil Diamond. It is a 1979 Harley with attached sidecar. I don't have it any more. I have a Ford Fusion hybrid instead. I'm originally from Killavullen, County Cork, Ireland. Killavullen, near Mallow in the Blackwater valley is one of the most beautiful spots in Ireland. It is the birthplace of Nano Nagle, the foundress of the Presentation order of nuns. Edmund Burke, the great 18th century "British" statesman, Parliamentary orator, political thinker, and supporter of the principles behind the American revolution was related to the Nagles, and spent much of his childhood in Killavullen. He attended a hedge school on the grounds of Monanimy castle, just outside the village. The ancestral home of the Hennessy Cognac family, Ballymacmoy House is also in Killavullen.
I went through national school in Killavullen, and secondary school in Mallow, Co Cork and Tullow, Co Carlow, as well as six months at St. Patrick's High School in Watertown, Massachusetts from which I received a high school diploma. I did my university work in the USA. My bachelor's degree is from Curry College just outside Boston, in Milton, Massachusetts (1969). My master's is from Montclair State University in New Jersey (1971), and my doctorate is from Ohio University (1975).
All of my lecture notes are included as well as links to interesting and informative sites. I developed the graphic images with assistance from Walter Crane, an undergraduate CSU, Chico computer graphics student. I drew rough drafts of the images and he reproduced them for the website. There are glossaries of terms and study questions. In addition to neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, there are two courses dealing with neuropathologies of the upper aero digestive tract (swallowing), and speech and language/cognition. CMSD 636 deals with right hemisphere and aphasia syndromes while CMSD 642 covers dysphagia, apraxia and dysarthria.
The neuroanatomy course should be taken prior to taking the other two courses, unless you already have a background in neuroanatomy.
Please read medical disclaimer: This series is designed for educational purposes only and is not engaged in rendering medical advice or professional services. The information provided should not be used for diagnosing or treating any health problems or disorder of speech, swallowing or language. It is not a substitute for professional care. If you have or suspect you may have any health problem or disorder of communication or swallowing you should consult your health care provider.
In addition to my graduate neuroscience courses I also teach three other courses at the University that I may put on-line. They are CMSD 351 Language Development, (If you click on the link you will access my Language Development text), CMSD 431 Organic and Neurogenic Disorders, and CMSD 451 Language Disorders in Children. I only have syllabi and some links for the latter courses. In my CMSD 351, 620, 636 and 642 classes i'm using the term chapter instead of unit.
CMSD 620 Neuroanatomy of Speech, Swallowing, and Language
CMSD 636 Neuropathologies of Language and Cognition
CMSD 642 Neuropathologies of Swallowing and Speech
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Dr. McCaffrey's e-mail: pmccaffrey@csuchico.edu
Copyright,1997-2008. Patrick McCaffrey, Ph.D.
Graduate Assistants: Doug McColl, Rebecca Carson Steele, and Kaelin Lundgren.
Dr. Doug McColl is now an Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at California State University, Chico.
Special thanks to Chuck Lundgren who is a truly gifted web page designer
Last update: 11/2/2009