Medical School MD + DO Mastery

A 4-year, board-aligned study system for medical school and licensing exams.

Walk the full Year 1–4 curriculum — foundational sciences, organ-system blocks, clinical clerkships and advanced practice — each with mastery checklists and linked learning resources, plus a dedicated review system for school exams, Shelf/COMAT, USMLE Step 1–3 and COMLEX-USA Levels 1–3.

FUNCTIONAL NEUROSCIENCE + BEHAVIOR

YEAR 1 | PAGE 16B - SPECIAL SENSES, SLEEP, DEVELOPMENT + BEHAVIORAL FOUNDATIONS

INTEGRATE SIGNAL -> CIRCUIT -> BEHAVIOR

Connect sensory input and neurotransmission to perception, movement, sleep, cognition and behavior. For behavioral science, distinguish normal development/coping from pathologic patterns before attaching a psychiatric diagnosis.

B. FUNCTIONAL + BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE VIDEOS - CORE + ENRICHMENT

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1.Optic Nerve / Visual Pathway & Lesions - Ninja Nerdspecial sensesRetina -> optic nerve/chiasm/tract -> LGN -> optic radiations -> visual cortex, with classic field defects for localization.Open →
2.Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Auditory Pathway - Ninja Nerdspecial sensesOrgan of Corti through brainstem, MGN and auditory cortex; bilateral pathway logic plus peripheral-vs-central hearing localization.Open →
3.Sleep: Cycle, EEG Waveforms & Pathology - Dirty Medicinehigh-yield bridgeNREM/REM architecture, EEG patterns and common exam distinctions linking sleep physiology to behavior and disease.Open →
4.Dopamine Pathways, Antipsychotics & EPS - Dirty Medicineneuropsych bridgeMesolimbic/mesocortical/nigrostriatal/tuberoinfundibular pathways: connect neurocircuitry to symptoms, drugs and adverse effects.Open →
5.Developmental Milestones: Clinical - Osmosis from Elsevier~11 minGross/fine motor, language, cognitive and social-emotional milestones; use normal sequence to identify delay and regression.Open →
6.Defense Mechanisms - Khan Academy~9 min BONUSMature, neurotic, immature/pathologic defenses with examples; a focused behavioral-science retrieval layer after core psych concepts.Open →

B. FUNCTIONAL + BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE VIDEOS - CORE + ENRICHMENT — FUNCTIONAL / BEHAVIORAL INTEGRATION CHECK

  • Trace visual and auditory pathways and predict the deficit produced by a lesion at each major relay or crossing point.
  • Connect dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, GABA and glutamate to major CNS functions and high-yield disease/drug effects.
  • Reconstruct normal sleep architecture, learning/memory concepts and developmental milestones before learning disorders that disrupt them.
  • Distinguish normal coping, grief and development from psychiatric syndromes; use duration, impairment, context and exclusion of medical/substance causes. VIDEO-FIRST | SCHOOL-EXAM + BOARD-EXAM MASTERY