NROSCI 0081 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Raphe Nuclei, Globus Pallidus, Reticular Formation
22 Jan 2018
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Ancient egypt: papyrus (used the word brain for the first time) Ancient greek: alcmaeon (public human dissection) 17th england: willis (coined the term neuroanatomy) Feel bumps on head and you would know what kind of person you are. Skull size does not indicate psychological characteristics. Proved that the mind is in the brain, not the heart. Experimental approach: effects of brain lesions of behavior. More basic functions are controlled by the inferior (caudal) parts of the brain. Higher order functions controlled by more superior (rostral) parts of the brain. Mammals have more developed/complex forebrain than other classes. Information moves through hierarchically from hindbrain to forebrain. Medulla oblongata: responsible for vital reflexes (breathing, vomiting, salivating, coughing, sneezing and heart rate: crossing over of neurons happen in the medulla. Po(cid:374)s: (cid:862)(cid:271)ridge(cid:863) (cid:271)etwee(cid:374) (cid:272)ortex a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ere(cid:271)ellu(cid:373: raphe nucleus: where all serotonin is made.
