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NEURO 0100 intro Lecture Notes
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- NEUR 0010
- Institution
- Brown University
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9/10/15Introduction to Neur ology – NEUR 00 10
Dr. John Stein & Dr . Michael P aradiso
Introduction/Neurons and G lia
What is Neur oscience?
-Neuroscien ce – the study o f the nervous s ystem
-Psychology – the study of behavior
-Cognitive Science – t he “mind” (abs tract thought)
Disciplines within Neur oscience
-Biology
-Anatom y
-Biochemistry
-Genetics
-Molecular Biology
-Pharmacology
-Physiology
-Behavior
-Computer Scien ce
-Applied Math
-Functional Imaging
-Theore tical Ph ysics
-Psychology
-Evolution
-Philosophy
Centr al and P eripher al Nervous S ystem
-CNS – br ain and spinal cor d
oIntegr ates inf orma tion
-PNS – all other nerves
oReceives sensory inf ormation
oPerforms mot or actions
Descartes a nd the Mind/Body Pr oblem
-Fluid-filled v entricles support the br ain tissue
-Hypothesiz ed that inf orma tion tr aveled throu gh the fluid (lik e a h ydraulic sy stem)
oThe br ain actually utiliz es electricity and ne tworks
oMove arm – fluids move t o infla te muscles
-Couldn’t ex plain cognitive fu nctions (ghost in the machine)
Brain Tiss ue Under the Micr oscope
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