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| they are star shaped. Wrap around the presynaptic terminals of several axons. Help regulate neurochemicals in the synapse. |
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remove waste material, eat viruses, fungi and microorganisms, proliferate around damage. (garbage trucks of the brain) |
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make the myelin sheath in the central nervous system. (think, connected to myelin sheath) |
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important during development. Help guide the migrating neurons from where they are born to where they end up. |
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The blood brain barrier occurs between Blood tissue and brain cell. The only energy a neuron can use is glucose. If they don’t have the flow they stop working. Fat soluble need no help getting across. Carbon dioxide and oxygen need no help either. Stroke= interruption of blood flow |
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| A large bundle of nerve fibers that connect corresponding parts of one side of the brain with those of the other. |
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| two halves of the brain which receive sensory information from the opposite sides of the body. Also control the movements of the opposite sides f the body. |
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| Father of modern philosophy. Every aspect was purely mechanical. First to suggest there is a link between the human mind and brain. |
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Created the doctrine of specific nerve energies: all nerves carry same message, electrical impulse, but we perceive the messages of different nerves in different ways. |
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| Removed parts of animals' brains anf observed their behavior- experimental ablation. Discovered the regions of the brain that control heart rate and breathing, movements and visual/auditory reflexes. |
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Devised mathematical formulation of the law of conservation of ebergy. Invented ophthalmoscope (examines retina of the eye.) Devised influential theory of color vision and color blindness. First scientist to attempt to measure speed of conduction through nerves. |
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| Belief that characteristics of living organisms perform useful functions. |
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