10. Introduction to Neuroscience I

(April 21, 2010) Nathan Woodling and Anthony Chung-Ming Ng give a broad overview of the field of neuroscience and how it relates to human biology. They discuss the different lobes of the brain and the cells within as well as neuropharmacology and re-uptake.


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• neuroscience
• human biology
• brain
• thought
• thinking process
• science
• nervous system
• spinal cord
• cerebellum
• learning
• cortex
• memory
• amygdala
• behavior
• peripheral
• glia
• cells
• dendrite
• neuron
• signal
• action potential
• neurotransmitter
• neurophar

[PoliticalHell]

I think neuroscience is one of the most important fields of science. If we ever learn how the brain works down to a mechanical level, imagine the possibilities - medical: cure mental diseases, get the brain to cure its body, insert or extract knowledge... computers: reconstruct parts of the brain to create true AI... just wow. I hope I live long enough to see some progress in this field.

[InevitableAzn]

lmfao @ the rap @ the end

[sacraficialangel7]

@TheRealCardshark87 really? I'd be pretty sure he's straight, or maybe bi. Why does it matter anyway?

[tabzist]

this is a good lecture

[minusdotminus]

i dislike his definition of resting neuron

every neuron gets massive dendritic input

it's never completely off

the axon hillock is THE important place for signal conductance

but pumps and channels exist allover the soma

[dimcoin]

The rap was the perfect ending to that lecture.

[secretbonus]

@PoliticalHell The thing about neuroscience that's most interesting to me is tracking the brain developments of people from different backgrounds and see how their brain develops during learning and brain development. Taxi Drivers show brain growth in the Hippocampus or musicians show brain development in motor and auditory areas. If we could tap into that and perhaps we could artificially accelerate learning in specific areas someday.

[jamesreling]

thanks for posting this. the hip hop video at the end was a hilarious surprise. you guys did a good job lecturing.

[JoshuaR22]

@TheRealCardshark87 Who cares? He's just spent an hour being articulate and explaining science. You get to say one thing and its "he's a homo". At any rate, what I'm trying to say is: no matter who he is, anything he says seems like it would be much more valuable than anything that could possibly come out of you.