BIO 4350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Franz Nissl, Cytoarchitecture, Chemical Synapse
13 Apr 2015
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Bio4350 midterm 1 notes: neuroscience (the study of the brain) is a young, recently founded in the 1970s science. Came from different specific disciplines: medicine, biology, psychology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Everything relates to the brain, cognition, personality traits etc. The origins of neuroscience: the brain, spinal cord and nerves of the body enable us to move, and think. Evidence: trepanation (making a hole in the skull with an instrument, alternative medicine, not to kill but to cure) Skulls show signs of healing after operation: views of ancient egypt. Heart: seat of soul and memory (not the head) where the brain was scooped out through the nostrils and discarded after death: views of the brain in ancient greece. Correlation between structure and function; where they serve different purposes (differences in appearance predict differences in function) Hippocrates who stated his belief about these organs: brain: involved in sensation; seat of intelligence (not universally accepted, views of the brain: the roman empire.
