NROSCI 0080 Lecture Notes - Neural Pathway, Choline, Tetraodontidae
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Neuroscience divided into the study of the brain and of behavior. Brain: neuro-anatomy (organization/structure), neurophysiology (brain function/ interactions), neuro-genetics (mutations disorders not as often talked about), molecular biology (molecules forming neuronal elements in the brain . ) Behavior: a complex response to the environment through coordination: ethology (animals, psychology (humans. Nervous system = central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. Cns= brain & spinal cord, encased by skull and vertebrae bones. Pns= somatic nervous system & autonomic nervous system: nerve/ neurons processes outside cns = sensory and motor connections to skin, internal organs, and muscles (motor) Behaviors = localized in specific brain regions as well as product of the brain"s entire combined activity. Phrenology: correlates personality/character w/ shape of the skull (no evidence, only theoretical) Franz gall: very little experimentation, lobes grow with use and effect growth of skull (whole) Pierre flourens: tested gall"s ideas unable to correlate shape to behavior (localized)
