BCS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Franz Nissl, Golgi'S Method, Neuron Doctrine
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Neuroanatomy - cell biology, structure of the nervous system, neurodevelopment. Sensory/motor systems - mechanisms of perception, control of movement. Brain & behavior - sleep-wake cycle, internal regulation, learning and memory, emotion, psychiatric disorders philosophers were believed over him. Roman empire galen established brain as seat of intellect/mind/behavior (hypothesized that we are a fluid- Renaissance established the brain was enfolded for more surface area and that all brains are enfolded relatively. Schwann cell theory (1839) all tissues are composed of discrete units called cells (unable to be observed. Nissl stain dyes stain nuclei and ribosomes (brain is not homogeneous, cell bodies exist primarily at the. Brodmann used stain to define 50 discrete layers of neocortex (neurons not uniformly at edge) Golgi stain (1873) soaked brain and some neurons become completely darkly colored, used to argue for. Ben franklin (1751) made important observations about electricity.