Amber L Harris Bozer, Nichol A Civitello, Elizabeth Dunn Rawlings, Lesley F Leach
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Foundational textbooks for neuroscience courses can be cost-prohibitive for students and may omit recent advances in the field. Therefore, an Open Educational Resource (OER) repository was curated using existing OER materials for use in behavioral neuroscience and physiology courses. The Behavioral Research and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Open Educational Repository (BRAINOER) contains 9 modules that include the following foundational topics: (1) The Brain and Nervous System, (2) Neurons, (3) The Endocrine System, (4) Neurotransmitters and Psychopharmacology, (5) Motor Processing, (6) Advanced Brain Functions, (7) Sensation and Perception, (8) Genetics and Evolution, (9) Research, Design, and Methods. Each module contains learning objectives in a checklist format, and modules are divided into basic and advanced content where appropriate. Because the repository is divided into content modules, the materials can be used as a full-curriculum or assigned on a module-by-module basis.