Thanks Clynch (01)
I understand what you say perfectly well, and you are right, I am not
a neuroscientist
I do respect your profession, and I am sure there is value in
dissection but in my non expert view dissection can only study some
physical aspects of the brain. (ie enable to better look at the
individual bits) The 'logical' functions of the brain (the mental
abilities) I dont think you can study by looking at the pieces
Please correct me (02)
PDM (03)
On Dec 18, 2007 11:44 AM, clynch <clynch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PDM,
>
> If you had ever seen a human brain in situ or on a dissecting plate and
> looked at a section of the amygdala under an electron microscope, I doubt
> you would have your opinion that the brain "should be studied as a whole".
> This is like studying an orange seed from the outside of an unpeeled orange
> or deducing behavior of an electron by looking at a piece of wood, only more
> limiting.
>
> >From the discussions I have seen posted, I cannot deduce your area of
> expertise, but one of mine is medicine and neuroendocrinology, and I assure
> you are incorrect in this instance.
>
> Cecil Lynch
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> On Dec 18, 2007 7:57 AM, Pat Hayes <phayes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > . Even if one were given a complete
> > (dead) mammalian brain, there is no conceivable
> > way to reconstruct all the neural connections in
> > it, since the total cross-section of a neuron's
> > end branchings greatly exceeds that of its axon,
> > and these neurons are tightly packed in the
> > cortex. Any way to 'take it apart' to find all
> > the neurons, therefore, would of necessity
> > involve breaking the connections which hold them
> > together. Put another way: its impossible to
> > assemble (or disassemble) a brain; it has to be
> > grown.
>
> This is precisely why I think the brain should be studied as a whole, and
> not in its puree or minced form.
> Thats the only way the neural paths (folk. 'brainwave') can be observed,
>
> I hate to think like Frankenstein , but I bet you can induce some
> level of passive activity in a coma brain by passing some tiny
> frequencies. (not ac/dc I guess)
> I ll have to remember to do that experiment next time I come across a coma
>
> <grin>
>
> PDM
>
> >
> >
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