NROB60H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Andreas Vesalius, Beak, Multiple Sclerosis
20 Dec 2011
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A society for neuroscience was founded as recently as 1970. The study of the brain is an old science. Historically, scientist who devote themselves to an understanding of the ns came from different scientific disciplines: medicine, biology, psychology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Neuroscience revolution occurred when scientist realized the best hope for understand the brain came from interdisciplinary approach. Evidence suggests that prehistoric ancestry appreciated that the brain was vital to life (archaeological record with examples of hominid skulls dating back 1,000,000 ago and more, showing fatal cranial damage. As early as 7000 years ago, people were boring holes into each other s skulls (trepanation) to cure others. They showed signs of healing after the operation and some individual apparently survived multiple skull surgeries. We can say that there seems to be a very clear correlation between structure and function. Quick inspection and a few simple experiments reveal that the head is specialized for sensing the environment and much more.
