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Neuroscience is a field of study that deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system, consisting of the myriad nerve pathways running throughout the body. The study of behavior and learning is also a division of neuroscience.
History
Early views on the function of the brain, regarded it to be a form of “cranial stuffing” of sorts. In Egypt, from the late Middle Kingdom onwards, in preparation for mummification, the brain was regularly removed, for it was the heart that was assumed to be the seat of intelligence. According to Herodotus, during the first step of mummification: ‘The most perfect practice is to extract as much of the brain as possible with an iron hook, and what the hook cannot reach is mixed with drugs.’ Over the next two thousand years, this view came to be reversed; the brain is now known to be seat of intelligence, although colloquial variations of the former remain as in “memorizing something by heart”.
Overview
The biological study of the human brain is an interdisciplinary field that involves many levels of study, from the molecular level through the cellular level (individual neurons), the level of relatively small assemblies of neurons like cortical columns, that of larger subsystems like that which subserves visual perception, up to large systems including the cerebral cortex or the cerebellum, and at the highest level the nervous system as a whole. More on [ Neuroscience ]
day just got so much better...extension on my neuroscience project! yessssssssssssss
TheresRamps (Matthew C. Rampolla) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:44:37 -0000
day just got so much better...extension on my neuroscience project! yessssssssssssss
Instead of doing my Rock Music homework, I really wanna read this article on Neuroscience... I think I'm insane XD
wdbydoglvr (Tia Fortier) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:12:05 -0000
Instead of doing my Rock Music homework, I really wanna read this article on Neuroscience... I think I'm insane XD
@scicurious "Punchy and irreverent views on research and medical education from US postgrads/postdocs in neuroscience and physiology..."
edyong209 (Ed Yong) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:53:14 -0000
@scicurious "Punchy and irreverent views on research and medical education from US postgrads/postdocs in neuroscience and physiology..."
@dezfutak can you send a link to that neuroscience study(ies)?
freshgreenbeans (Jenelle D'Alessandro) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:52:07 -0000
@dezfutak can you send a link to that neuroscience study(ies)?
I hate the way my neuroscience teacher lectures right off the pwrpnt that he posts online. I can read! Why bother going to class.
tivogliobene (Melissa Martorella) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:41:00 -0000
I hate the way my neuroscience teacher lectures right off the pwrpnt that he posts online. I can read! Why bother going to class.
RT @whedonesque Psychology Bad or How Joss Makes Neuroscience Seem Like Magic. http://bit.ly/2vK8cD
christinabox5x5 (Christina Raquel) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:03:31 -0000
RT @whedonesque Psychology Bad or How Joss Makes Neuroscience Seem Like Magic. http://bit.ly/2vK8cD
Eye Simulation Page - Simulates eye motion (the eyes follow the pointer) and demonstrates the effects of disabling one or more of the 12 eye muscles and one or more of the 6 cranial nerves that control eye motion. Requires Shockwave.
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Mini Mental Status Examination - Offers a quick way to determine cognitive function and to monitor changes or disease progress.
Neuroscience Nursing Consultants - Information, links and news in the neuroscience field.
Neuroscience Tutorial - Extensive anatomical and functional tutorial, from the Washington University School of Medicine.
Neurosciences on the Internet - Contains a searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the World Wide Web and other parts of the Internet.
Meta Description: [ Neurosciences on the Internet contains a searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the World Wide Web and other parts of the Internet. Neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases... ]
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