CAS PS 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Myelin, Neurogenesis, Infant Mortality

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 241
• Professor: Kimberly Saudino

Document Summary

Very few doctors have observed a natural birth in a hospital (in the united states). Around the world, however, births are usually natural. The united states have a high infant mortality because of the way care is treated in the system. Initially in the united sates, births were at home, with mid waives helping the pregnant lady. In the hospitals, no natural births were made. The hospital system is set up one way, to handle only one type of birth: with medication, even if the mother hand baby have no problem and do not need any medication. In fact, before we are even bro we have many many synapses and neurons. The neuron, the basic element of the nervous system. Dendrites, that are bringing information in from other neurons. Axons, which will eventually send the information on to another neuron. Neurons are specialized cells that are basic units of the brain"s informations system.