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Basics of Neuroscience and Neuroanatomy

The document introduces the basic concepts of Neuroscience, which studies the nervous system, its components, and functions. Neuroscience aims to understand the functioning of nerve cells and their connections.

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Basics of Neuroscience and Neuroanatomy

The document introduces the basic concepts of Neuroscience, which studies the nervous system, its components, and functions. Neuroscience aims to understand the functioning of nerve cells and their connections.

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Introduction to Neuroscience

Man must know that from no other place,


but only from the brain, comes joy, pleasure, the
laughter and fun, grief and mourning, discouragement and
lamentation. And through it, in a way
especially, we acquired wisdom and
knowledge, we see and hear, we know the
queue just and in Just what is good and what is bad,
what is sweet and what is bland... And by the same
we have become crazy and delirious, and fears
The terrors haunt us... All these things
we have to endure when the brain doesn't
he is healthy...In this sense, I believe that the brain
who holds the greatest power over man.

– Hippocrates, On the Sacred Disease (4th century BC)


(BEAR; CONNORS; PARADISO, 2017, p. 4)

The study of the nervous system is something ţo


as old as science itself. Archaeologists,
in your studies about civilizations
ancient, they discovered records of studies
about the brain since the Egyptian civilization
date
the Greco-Roman civilization. I have and, with the
technology in our favor,

these studies have advanced in a


impressive speed. Thanks to
increasingly powerful microscopes and
increasingly detailed ultrasounds,
we can come to observe the processes
but basic neuronal activity and
learn more about how and why our
the body works. In this context, let's
study here a little about the concepts
basics of neuroscience and neuroanatomy.

The curiosity about the world around us,


how and why things work, from
how civilizations lived in the
past or living in the future, is something innate
to human being. Neil de Grasse Tyson
affirms in his speech for the Space
Technology Hall of Fame Award Dinner
of the Hall of Fame
Space Technology, in free translation)
the child is born a scientist
adults a child who did not grow up
(GOALCAST, 2018).

The study of the nervous system and its


components as ancient as the very
Science. Neuroscience, also called
neuroscience, it is the science that studies the
nervous system, its components
and its functions. It aims to
unravel and understand the
functioning of nerve cells and their
connections. Some scholars use the term
no plural - 'neurosciences - because it is about'
of a very broad field of
knowledge.

Some of your various fields of study


so:

Cognitive neuroscience: studies


thoughts, learning and
memory. Ex.: how we learn,
how and why we forget and how
"we select" what to remember.
Behavioral neuroscience: studies
like our thoughts, our
cognitions, our emotions and our
behaviors influence each other
mutually.
Neuroanatomy: studies the part
properly anatomical, the
physical components of the system
nervous system and its functions.

Neurophysiology: studies the


functioning of the nervous system.
For example: how the nerve impulses are
formed and propagated.

There are still fields like neuroscience.


affective, neuropsychology, neurobiology
etc. In this theme, we will focus our
studies in the fields of
neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.

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