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Neuroscience.

Neuroscience in a relatively old trend. Over the centuries, we see incredible advances in human
biology and neurological field. The knowledge about the brain advances at such a rate, that
each day its social impact is perceived more and more, we are increasingly clearing doubts
about the rules that dominate our brains.
Neuroscience studies the nervous system from a multidisciplinary point of view, which means
that it can contribute in biology, chemistry, pharmacology and other disciplines. An example are
the neurons work constantly in order to send messages from the axon to the dendrites and in
turn that interconnection leads to a small synaptic gap called Neurotransmitters, this said
earlier is only for the understanding of the functions that as humans we must know for the
understanding of ourselves.
The function of neuroscience is to penetrate the complexity of this, to understand the mysteries
that govern our minds. The mystery of the relationship between the mind, the behavior and the
activity of the nervous tissue.
In its evolution, we must consider the import of this branch of science, which facilitates the
understanding of the brain.
Mainly in this century there have been countless researches that demonstrate empirically the
advance of neuroscience as:

A group of scientists performed experiments on rats playing a specific tune. The rats
remembered this music and behaved as they had expected. The new memory is long term,
which proves that it can be altered for a long period of time.

At the University of Rochester, a group of scientists injected a mouse with 100,000


astrocytes, a type of brain cell. Over time, these cells completely replaced those of the
mouse, and through testing it was discovered that it could perform tasks much better than
those that were not injected. This demonstrated that these types of cells are probably the
ones that evolved humans. However, the research was criticized for creating smarter
rodents.

A study of researchers in Kyoto, Japan, shows that by brain scans you can create a
representation of dreams. Scientists put several people inside a scanner and then woke
them up to ask what they saw in their dreams. Then they were shown pictures of the objects
most seen by them to observe the response of the brain, and compare them with dreams.

An experiment was conducted at Harvard whereby a group of people could control the
movements of a rat. First humans transform their thoughts into commands through a brain-
computer interface. Then the rats were stimulated with a computer-brain interface via
ultrasound to perform what humans wanted.
Experiences such as that of Dr. Carl Bennett surgeon, with Tourette syndrome who had no
symptoms in the operating room. And Professor Brad Cohen who went ahead with his illness,
feeling the same passion as Bennett. The symptoms were never stopped when he taught.
I want to know how the human will acts in the face of a neurological disease. As a totally
involuntary disease it becomes controlled by its carrier. Like the case of Dr. Carl Bennett. And
why did Brad Cohen not have the same power to control the Tourette as Bennett?
Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Cohen
Introduction to Psychology- 12Th Edition by Charles Morris.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4N-7AlzK7s
http://www.neurocapitalhumano.com.ar/shop/otraspaginas.asp?paginanp=219
http://www.vix.com/es/btg/curiosidades/5438/10-increibles-avances-de-la-neurociencia
http://www.importancia.org/neurociencia.php

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