HMB200H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neurology, Action Potential, Advantageous
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Chapter 1 - neuroscience: past, present, and future. But to them, the heart was the seat of the soul and memories. The rest of the body was preserved for the afterlife, but the brain was thrown away. This theory of the heart being most important was not challenged until hippocrates. Aristotle: clung to belief that the heart was the center of intellect. Proposed the brain was a radiator for the cooling of blood that was overheated by the seething heart. Explained that the rational temperament of humans was explained by the large cooling capacity of the brain. Views of the brain during the roman empire. Views of the brain from renaissance to the nineteenth century. More details of the brain was added by vesalius ( 1514- : during the renaissance. Nineteenth century views of the brain. Got rid of the theory that nerves communicate with the brain by the movement of fluid.
