PS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural Selection, Midbrain, Olfactory Bulb
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In the past the only way to look at the brain was once they were dead you would do an autopsy now there are many ways to look at the brain, while the person is still alive: Electroencephalograph (eeg): device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain overtime by means of recording electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp: with an eeg you can see brain activity as it takes place. This puts it thousands of years ahead in neuroscience. Cte: chronic traumatic encephalopathy: researchers at ucla are working on a non-invasive method for early detection of cte, original it was said that seing cte isn"t possible until the person is dead however. Inject radioactive isotope called fddnp into bloodstream; binds to abnormal tau proteins. Found commonly in athletes, football players who are taking constant blows to the head. Neuron: individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate and transmit information (brains communication system)
