PSY318H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Grey Matter, Apoptosis, White Matter
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We can re ne our understanding of brain development by learning how: We want to understand the complexity of the brain; in terms of its complex function; there are a lot of different interrelated things that are working together: layers. We want to understand how brain can develop abnormally and how trauma can lead to this abnormal development and abn psychological functioning (thinking, cognition, nerve functioning), how this abnormal functioning lead to these abnormal childhood disorders. Neurons: basic cells in the brain and systems that they form. The human cns begins to form when the embryo is approximately 3 weeks old: Brain and spinal cord is our cns, everything else is peripheral nervous system. Then the cerebral spinal are formed which is called prosencephalization. The human cns begins to form when the embryo is approximately 3 weeks old. The dorsal surface thickens, forming a neural tube surrounding a uid lled cavity.
