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Aristotle (384-322 BC) - ANS Viewed heart as the center of intellect
Hippocrates (460-379 BC) - ANS Believed the brain was involved in sensation and was the
seat of intelligence
Galen (130-200 AD) - ANS Proposed functional specialization of cerebrum and cerebellum;
ventricles
The Renaissance - ANS Fluid mechanical theory of brain function; philosophical mind-brain
problem
Rene Descartes (1596-1650 AD) - ANS Mental capacities occur outside the brain in the 'mind'
Luigi Galvani and Emil du Bois-Reymond - ANS Nerves as wire; brain can generate electricity
Franz Joseph Gall - ANS Phrenology; personality traits can be determined by morphology of
skull
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Paul Broca - ANS Discrete regions of the human cerebrum for speech
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, I = gV - ANS Ohm's Law
Neurons - ANS process Information
Glia - ANS Insulate, support, and nourishes neurons
Sensory neurons - ANS sense environmental changes
Interneurons - ANS Communicate changes to other neurons
Motor Neurons - ANS Command body response
Action Potential - ANS Generated by excitable degradation
Ions - ANS Atoms or molecules with a net electrical charge
Anion - ANS Negative Charge
Cation - ANS Positive Charge
Ion Channels - ANS Control resting and action potentials
Gating - ANS Some ion channels can be opened and closed
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Diffusion - ANS Dissolved ions distribute evenly
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