Brain Architecture

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    1. "If you look at the anatomy, the structure, the function, there's nothing in the universe that's more beautiful, that's more complex, than the human brain." - Keith Black, Discover Magazine, April, 2004 (http://discovermagazine.com/2004/apr/keith-black)
    2. Brain Architecture Corey A. Spitzer Barcamp Omaha 2009
    3. Disclaimer: I am a computer science grad student with a strong interest in neuroscience; NOT a doctor, biologist, etc.
    4. Two Primary Types of Brain Cells Neurons Glia © 2007, Paul De Koninck. http://www.greenspine.ca/en/framed.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gfapastr5.jpg
    5. The Neuron Dendrites Axon Axon Terminals Nucleus http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuron-figure-notext.svg
    6. Neural Networks
    7. Otto Loewi and the Frog Hearts http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuron-figure-notext.svg
    8. Otto Loewi and the Frog Hearts http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heart_left_lateral_coronaries_diagram.svg
    9. The Synapse axon terminal axon vesicles full of neurotransmitter ions receptors and ion channels dendrite spine
    10. The Synapse axon terminal axon vesicles full of neurotransmitter ions receptors and ion channels dendrite spine
    11. The Synapse axon terminal axon vesicles full of neurotransmitter ions receptors and ion channels dendrite spine
    12. The Synapse axon terminal axon vesicles full of neurotransmitter ions receptors and ion channels dendrite spine
    13. The Synapse axon terminal axon vesicles full of neurotransmitter ions receptors and ion channels dendrite spine
    14. Kinds of Signals
    15. Neural Circuits
    16. Plasticity and Hebbian Learning
    17. Putting it all Together
    18. References and Sources
    19. References and Sources
    20. The End http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MRI_head_side.jpg
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