PNB 2XB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Purkinje Cell, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Dendrite

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
• Course: PNB 2XB3
• Professor: Daniel Goldreich

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Ie. there are neuroscientists that study the neuroscience of rats, humans, etc. You can learn much more about the mammalian nervous system by studying mice & rats than by studying humans. Physics because of the electrical activity in the nervous system. Biology it is a biological system composed of cells, ions, etc. To understand how neurons work requires knowledge of biology, chemistry, & physics. Anyone who does not know about these areas cannot call themselves a neuroscience. We understand very little about it like the real universe is mysterious. The universe encompasses everything in the world the brain is everything about us. About the same number of stars in the milky way. 20 w (entire body power = 100 w) Impressive think of all the brain does for you while using only 20; very ef cient. 1 micron = 10 ^ -6 m = 1 millionth of a meter.