10. Introduction to Neuroscience I

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  • (April 21, 2010) Nathan Woodling and Anthony Chung-Ming Ng give a broad overview of the field of neuroscience and how it relates to human biology. They discuss the different lobes of the brain and the cells within as well as neuropharmacology and re-uptake.
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  • @lsmayhew1
    @lsmayhew1 11 років тому +810

    I've imprinted on Sapolsky. where's mama?

    • @chiaradina
      @chiaradina 3 роки тому +8

      Agree. 😂

    • @carlosandres7006
      @carlosandres7006 3 роки тому +17

      He’s in the back of the classroom. He told us in the next lecture or so

    • @koftu
      @koftu 3 роки тому +20

      this is a great comment, but honestly a lot of these grad students' lecture styles also seem imprinted on Sapolsky, too!

    • @nicholaschib3068
      @nicholaschib3068 3 роки тому +3

      This comment made me lol😂

    • @emanuelefaraoni4674
      @emanuelefaraoni4674 3 роки тому +3

      @@carlosandres7006 so you came back from the future to tell us!

  • @menwithven8114
    @menwithven8114 6 років тому +1405

    These lectures helped me get over my heroin addiction. Im a more Science based person so NA didn't help to explain why I was feeling the way I did. 2 plus years sober. Thank you!!!

    • @malachykinney1598
      @malachykinney1598 5 років тому +13

      recovERed gamER Super cool. Good luck. Have a nice day.

    • @blackjack2770
      @blackjack2770 5 років тому +11

      What helped you stay clean? I'm curious

    • @marianoperez3750
      @marianoperez3750 5 років тому +48

      @@blackjack2770 Im guesssing probably by gaining an new/deeper understanding of how one can better themselves with an understanding of how their mind works and will react to certain decisions and/or environments, but uh, thats just speculation, wont really know till "men with ven" replies

    • @lucabaar1
      @lucabaar1 5 років тому +6

      Gratitude was the key

    • @kaushalkumarshukla25
      @kaushalkumarshukla25 4 роки тому +8

      great to know , there are more objective people.
      even i have trouble reading any self help (all of them sound outright BS) rather understanding brain helps us control our behaviour way better.

  • @rosemaryrainer9983
    @rosemaryrainer9983 7 років тому +915

    If I was a student, every time he would say "you don't need a memorize this", I would become less and less stressed.

    • @arbenhajri1212
      @arbenhajri1212 5 років тому +98

      In fact, this expression is a mind trap. I often use it during my teachings. If you say " don't memorise it" your brain makes the opposite.

    • @DEADtoRISE08
      @DEADtoRISE08 5 років тому +20

      Rosemary Rainer reverse psychology

    • @MightyForSure
      @MightyForSure 5 років тому +9

      @Avo Danielian You're an over-thinker, I think haha

    • @btsjiminface
      @btsjiminface 4 роки тому +3

      @@arbenhajri1212 Oh no, no wonder I always did poorly in those classes where the teacher often says you don't have to memorize something.

    • @arbenhajri1212
      @arbenhajri1212 4 роки тому +5

      @@btsjiminface That happened to you (you did poorly) because you took seriosly what they (teachers) said to you. It's your main aim to be receptive at what is taught in the classroom. Random students are asked to memorise, so they are habituated of the quest. This repetitive quest makes them dull of attention. So to keep attention alert you have to do the oppossite.

  • @OscarOscarOscar97
    @OscarOscarOscar97 8 місяців тому +63

    The ending to this lecture must never be erased from the enternal records of time wow. Phenomenal.

  • @elaaphos
    @elaaphos 5 років тому +804

    Eighth grader here. My dream is to become a medical researcher in the field of behavioral neuroscience and biology. But, I've gotta start somewhere

    • @sunnythymes5444
      @sunnythymes5444 4 роки тому +4

      J.C. Palmer
      🤗🌻🌸🍃😊

    • @nmv_dp
      @nmv_dp 4 роки тому +71

      Way to go, man, keep those marks up for sure in your high school year. I think that's crazy you already have a specific science field chosen at your age! :)

    • @vm1ccc
      @vm1ccc 4 роки тому +11

      Stanford has an online high school

    • @richardhille6419
      @richardhille6419 4 роки тому +15

      weird flex, but ok

    • @peoplepleaser117
      @peoplepleaser117 4 роки тому

      same.

  • @beenaplumber8379
    @beenaplumber8379 2 роки тому +58

    You can sometimes tell who the advisor is by listening to the grad student give a presentation. Nathan clearly learned a lot from Prof. Sapolsky :-) "Illegal in seven states..." "tears of joy fall down their faces, they fall to their knees weeping..."

  • @XephreWolf
    @XephreWolf 8 років тому +577

    Isn't it great how the internet lets us learn any discipline we want in-depth without having to pay a dime? I'm majoring in Information Systems Technology with the end goal of becoming a certified Network Admin. I'm not planning on taking many science courses but I can still become a self-taught expert on it for free!

    • @nathanhopkins7976
      @nathanhopkins7976 8 років тому +10

      +XephreWolf It's pretty amazing isn't it! It lets you learn your whole life through.

    • @thisisgoat124
      @thisisgoat124 7 років тому +37

      Yes, thanks for saying that. One of the most common misconceptions out there is that the internet and social media is unfavorable to our acquisition knowledge because it doesn't teach us about different subjects the way that books do; but the reality of it is that if one knows how to utilize social media and what to search for on the web one can learn just as much due to its variety of information. One just has to know what to avoid

    • @archives1485
      @archives1485 7 років тому +3

      PearlyWhites It's wonderful

    • @tobiasbernard1795
      @tobiasbernard1795 7 років тому +3

      Probably my favourite thing about the internet

    • @donaleveck2417
      @donaleveck2417 7 років тому +15

      PearlyWhites so true! I live in France, but I have attended classes at Cambridge, Oxford, McGill, almost ever Ivy League school, Stanford and a few more.
      Recently, I was explaining quantum mechanics to some friends at dinner, when I was ask, "How do you know all of this?" I told them, "I studied Physics at ETH Zürich!"
      I paused and then added "On UA-cam!" 😉

  • @jaidenitiss1651
    @jaidenitiss1651 6 років тому +714

    And to think I'm learning All of this for free

    • @cameronmarler6223
      @cameronmarler6223 4 роки тому +41

      A lot of universities will let you audit classes for free if you are interested in other subjects. I get your point though, this class is a lot higher caliber than an average university course.

    • @Ray2311us
      @Ray2311us 3 роки тому +4

      Like a person with adhd, what you learn is optimally useless. If it isn’t in depth and has a degree attached to it for jobs to accept you.

    • @zain4019
      @zain4019 3 роки тому

      Yay!:)

    • @elgooges
      @elgooges 3 роки тому +2

      This same class at ASU would have been like $1,300 for the semester.

    • @jesusleadstheway4028
      @jesusleadstheway4028 3 роки тому

      Not really

  • @marianacazares9223
    @marianacazares9223 9 років тому +427

    Such a wonderful lecture, but it's a pity that we cannot see most of the slides.

    • @mirmalchik
      @mirmalchik 7 років тому +62

      if you use your imagination the slides can look however you want them to look

    • @SkromnitsaKrasotka
      @SkromnitsaKrasotka 3 роки тому +1

      agreed

    • @currant77
      @currant77 3 роки тому +1

      write to him x

    • @danielchmiel1706
      @danielchmiel1706 2 роки тому +5

      That's what you need to pay for

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 роки тому +1

      Lies again? NS Meds

  • @nataliabranco9544
    @nataliabranco9544 9 років тому +438

    I actually found his lecture very easy to follow. He has a nice way of explaining things. If this guy, for some reason, ever see my comment, thank you for the lecture, it was very useful! :) [ok, I mean, the first one :P ]

    • @nataliabranco9544
      @nataliabranco9544 9 років тому +12

      ***** Yeah, exactly haha Sapolsky is genuinely funny. I guess with time they will get better, or maybe not, but it's too soon to say they are bad lecturers.

    • @ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack
      @ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack 9 років тому +13

      ***** It sounds like they lack the capacity for political-incorrectness as an adaptation to their consistently-offended environment, which is to say that they're afraid to branch into what will actually make people laugh because they will be bullied by social justice warriors. Politically-correct comedy is as worthless in its effect as getting a blowjob from a skeleton, and the only people it works for have done so much time in the church basement that they've developed the superpower to laugh at it-- whereas a mosque basement would be more somber due to the explosive manuals. My suggestion to politically-incorrect teachers is that if you have irrational hate mobs forming around you, accept that you might get shot by a woman with an inferior brain, and carry the bigger mattress.

    • @gnaly3774
      @gnaly3774 9 років тому +1

      Natália Castelo

    • @CortesShowBusiness
      @CortesShowBusiness 7 років тому

      Natália, tu é brasileira?

    • @Ghryst
      @Ghryst 5 років тому +2

      #StupidRelatesToStupid

  • @joanniefischer8108
    @joanniefischer8108 5 років тому +57

    It's wonderful to see we, as a society have free access to information at our fingertips. It is so essential to our continued learning. Thank you for sharing this lecture for anyone who is interested in the overview of neuroscience

  • @gabrieldelatorre564
    @gabrieldelatorre564 7 років тому +522

    I'm a senior in high school and this stuff just amazes me, and my goal is to become a neuroscience student.

    • @MatthewHoHiWorld
      @MatthewHoHiWorld 7 років тому +10

      I'm a sophomore at Cherry Creek High and neuroscience amazes me too.

    • @antr6092
      @antr6092 7 років тому +79

      I'm a stoner dropout and I'm also interested in smoking out of braincases

    • @HortonScoutHD
      @HortonScoutHD 7 років тому +7

      So am I, although I'd prefer to specialize in neuroscience's role in behavior rather than simply brain processes.

    • @kllawre210
      @kllawre210 7 років тому +4

      Great goal! I agree it's fascinating.

    • @kpoptastic1877
      @kpoptastic1877 7 років тому +4

      Gabriel De La Torre same. I think I'd love to do neurosurgery

  • @SleepyCity0001
    @SleepyCity0001 6 років тому +123

    That end rap was too great for my existence 👽

  • @TrulyFave
    @TrulyFave 9 років тому +319

    I love Neuroscience so much. I plan on majoring in it in college. I'm a senior in HS as of now. This lecture was very interesting and easy to understand.

    • @ziggystardust1809
      @ziggystardust1809 6 років тому +2

      Same here! Except I am a sophomore haha. This is such an informational video and I'm so happy I took the time to watch this!

    • @mattw3340
      @mattw3340 5 років тому +22

      HS is wasting time. 1st year high school students are capable of walking into first year university courses on these topics and passing, before continuing on etc.. HS seems like an awfully inefficient pathway to higher education. Scrap it and sign up to university today.

    • @kamiiu
      @kamiiu 5 років тому +2

      @@mattw3340 100% AGREE. I say this all the time.

    • @garret1930
      @garret1930 5 років тому +11

      @@mattw3340 it isn't all about the knowledge itself, as children nearly anyone can easily learn multivariable calculus fairly early, lower level schools are supposed to form the foundation of your general knowledge.

    • @kelsymuhamet1284
      @kelsymuhamet1284 5 років тому +1

      Truly Fave same but I’m a 7th grader oops lol

  • @nirajgupta9982
    @nirajgupta9982 8 років тому +134

    Man... This lecture came out 5 years ago and this is all new to me. I can only imagine the advances that have been made with that time...

    • @mirmalchik
      @mirmalchik 7 років тому +47

      "Since then, we've discovered that meerkats can actually fly, and they've just been sticking to the ground the whole time we've been studying them in order to fuck with us."

    • @jeffzerb7710
      @jeffzerb7710 5 років тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/qPix_X-9t7E/v-deo.html

    • @ErikAsRoYa
      @ErikAsRoYa 4 роки тому +19

      Man... This comment came out 3 years ago.... I can only imagine how much niraj knows about the new advances

    • @HR-eb4vs
      @HR-eb4vs 3 роки тому +8

      ​@@ErikAsRoYa Man... This comment came out 4 months ago.... I can only imagine how much Erik knows about the new advances that have been made with that time...

    • @RomanSnow
      @RomanSnow 3 роки тому +9

      @@HR-eb4vs Man... This comment came out 2 weeks ago... I can only imagine how soon the next comment will be...

  • @grocioherrada5148
    @grocioherrada5148 4 роки тому +14

    For me, "You don't need to memorize this" means that "you don't need to memorize this right now" because we are going to repeat it so many times, then, it will be automatically in your mind.

    • @shmonn.
      @shmonn. 2 роки тому +3

      for me it means that you just need to understand the process but the naming isn't important

  • @XAvengedX7
    @XAvengedX7 11 років тому +15

    I'm in my second Neuroscience class at college and this video has helped me more than both combined. Good professors make all the difference

  • @clawsoon
    @clawsoon 4 роки тому +97

    He missed a great example at the end of the lecture: Parkinson's treatment with dopamine agonists leads to impulsive behaviour in about 50% of patients, which was first discovered among seniors who suddenly started blowing all their money in Las Vegas.

    • @btd9lord
      @btd9lord 3 роки тому

      Thanks man

    • @PH1FER
      @PH1FER 2 роки тому +4

      This video is 10 years

    • @jeffjohnson8624
      @jeffjohnson8624 2 роки тому

      what are. some examples of dopamine agonists? and what foods have the dopamine agonists or the food combinations have atoms or molecules that make up Dopamine agonists? let food be thy medicine.

    • @jeffjohnson8624
      @jeffjohnson8624 2 роки тому

      what are. some examples of dopamine agonists? and what foods have the dopamine agonists or the food combinations have atoms or molecules that make up Dopamine agonists? let food be thy medicine.

    • @clawsoon
      @clawsoon 2 роки тому +2

      @@jeffjohnson8624 I'm no expert, but as far as I know any food which has a big impact on dopamine (e.g. coca) quickly gets classified as a drug. It's a powerful subsystem to try to mess with on purpose.

  • @sablemartino3833
    @sablemartino3833 9 років тому +44

    "The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around" Thomas Edison
    This was a fabulous video to watch while working out.
    I enjoyed the overview of the brain I found it quite fascinating.
    As an individual diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at a young age I grew up hearing terms like Nervous System and Cerebellum, now I feel I am closer to understanding them.
    Thank you sincerely.

    • @briseboy
      @briseboy 8 років тому +1

      +Sable Martino Accomplished neuroscientists actually will tell you that brains exist for movement. Some of human movement is actually imagined and social.(You've heard Sapolsky say "strategic", which is related to intentional.)
      So, although Edison an engineer, said that quote it is as if you said the function of a car is to carry an engine around. Pretty incorrect, with a more correct analogy, eh?
      I have tried to tell people in speaking about brain function, that the brain is the body. Every sense, every motor action is the brain acting.However, neuronal sensing is not limited to the body - sound, light, , molecules that olfactory and vomeronasal catchers influence action potentials, and even the wind blowing your hair, make your brain extend out to your sight limits and beyond. Nothing occurs within your cellular world is unknown to your brain, so they - cells - transmit as well, if only through their numbers or chemical output. Not different than what a terminal button does.
      Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators are even produced (the molecules have other uses) by bacteria (gut bacteria is a relatively new area of study. Serotonin is just one group) and plants, as those who smoke any substance found. It (drug use) was a source for MANY neurotransmitter discoveries, although the use was largely of analogues.
      Alcohol affects some receptors, so it also makes you cease production of enough of your own, and creates a kind of desire for connection with it, so, some of your brains also include bottled crap way out there in your environment. (people drink alcohol to forget, and they generally get their wish, though far more permanently than they intended. consistent use of just about any exogenous neurotransmitter analogue pretty much dumbs down the brain - after all a joke about alcohol having to do with its inhabiting glutamate and GABA receptors, is that you think VERY clearly about Nothing - all puns intended.

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 2 роки тому

      @@briseboy Every statement ever made about the importance of the brain was created by a brain, so you should always take that assertion with a grain of salt.

  • @CrewtonRamone
    @CrewtonRamone 9 років тому +236

    I'm a big fan of the Glu-tang Clan.

    • @mirmalchik
      @mirmalchik 7 років тому +19

      All my centers, are you with me? Where you at?
      In the front, in the back, cortical lobes on attack
      All my centers, are you with me? Where you at?
      Smokin' brains, hittin' cats, on the block, with the facts

    • @davidharrison7825
      @davidharrison7825 6 років тому +13

      I know that was random af

    • @ZijnShayatanica
      @ZijnShayatanica 5 років тому +17

      Their mixtape would be FIREEEEEEE... ING MY DOPAMINE RECEPTORS.

    • @healthyauthentic7453
      @healthyauthentic7453 4 роки тому +5

      Now stuck in my head, "Open Open, Close Close" lol

    • @TheHelveticanbarbie
      @TheHelveticanbarbie 3 роки тому +1

      Rap battle for extra credit 😂

  • @Shafimondal
    @Shafimondal 2 роки тому +11

    This one hour lecture summarized 3/4th of my 2 credit neuroscience course. Thanks :D

  • @TheToxicMegacolon
    @TheToxicMegacolon 6 років тому +5

    This lecture deepened my love for neuroscience even more.

  • @datherax
    @datherax 10 років тому +3

    Thanks for revisiting the general and important ideas multiple times, because this is definitely a lot of information.

  • @chakacaca1372
    @chakacaca1372 8 років тому +386

    I think I just fried my synapse connections just trying to think about how many synapse connections we have to think about those synapse connections....

    • @Might_be_bipolar
      @Might_be_bipolar 8 років тому +1

      +Chaka Caca :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

    • @SeriousBlank
      @SeriousBlank 8 років тому +36

      Synapsception

    • @ItsThatMarioKid1
      @ItsThatMarioKid1 5 років тому +2

      Action potential going crazy

    • @charlesbrightman4237
      @charlesbrightman4237 5 років тому +6

      Consider the following:
      With so many brain cells and brain cell interconnections, how exactly does the brain even think a coherent thought? How does the energy signal 'know' where to flow? Obviously it does, but how exactly does it do it? For example, spread the brain out like a map. The towns and cities represent the brain cells and the roads and highways represent the interconnections between those brain cells. A vehicle traveling between one or more towns and/or cities represents a coherent thought. How exactly does the 'unconscious' vehicle 'know' what path to take to complete a specific journey?
      A higher intelligence would have to tell the unconscious vehicle what path to take to complete a specific journey. But, that is a 'specific journey' or coherent thought in and of itself. So, how exactly does our brain think a coherent thought before it thinks that coherent thought? How exactly do thoughts think? What is the specific 'higher intelligence' that controls the 'unconscious vehicle' or energy signal to follow a certain path in the brain to achieve a specific journey or thought? Consider also, that at every intersection or juncture, something would have to control the chemical flow between the neurons to have the energy signal flow a certain way.
      I once heard it said that as the energy flows in the brain, it strengthens that connection, kind of like water flowing down a hill due to gravity. But then, why isn't the brain stuck on thinking only the same thought over and over and over again as each time that thought is thought, it would ingrain that thought deeper into the brain? But obviously, that is not how reality appears to be. Or at least from my side of my 'consciousness' that I am supposedly experiencing. You might be experiencing reality differently than I, assuming of course that 'you' and 'I' even actually exist. It's possible that only 'I' exist and you all are just a figment of my imagination. I don't perceive reality to be that way, but then again, how could I ever truly know for sure? And for 'you', do 'I' even actually exist or am 'I' just a figment of your imagination? Or then again, maybe there is a 'higher intelligence' imagining both of us imagining each other?
      But also, 'if' there is a 'higher intelligence' behind the very thoughts I think, that thinks the very thoughts before I think them, then do I even have my own thoughts and own freewill? How could I if I couldn't even think my own thoughts? And if the 'higher intelligence' is a part of my own brain, (let's say my sub-conscious mind or even unconscious mind), then how exactly does it think thoughts before my conscious mind thinks those thoughts? And if those thoughts can already be thought before I consciously think them, then why even have a consciousness that can think thoughts? Obviously, thoughts could be thought somehow, someway, without all those pesky neurons and interconnections getting in the way cluttering up the map.
      So, how exactly do thoughts think? Do I even think my own thoughts? What exactly is the 'higher intelligence' that thinks my thoughts before 'I' think those thoughts? Do 'I' even actually exist to even think my own thoughts? If so, then how does it all work. Tell me your thoughts, if in fact you actually exist and even actually have your own thoughts to think and could convey those thoughts to my thoughts. At least so I currently think, if I even actually exist and am thinking these thoughts that I appear to be thinking.

    • @ericdew2021
      @ericdew2021 5 років тому

      How does it compare to a typical microprocessor (where the number of transistors may substitute for synapses)?

  • @higorhi72
    @higorhi72 3 роки тому +5

    I love it that the comments are always as good as the videos. So many interesting people, stories and thoughts!

  • @NgoWunKnows
    @NgoWunKnows 5 років тому +34

    That parody of Wu-Tang Clan's "Gravel Pit" at 00:57:03 is one of the greatest things I've ever seen hahahahaha

  • @ObligateFailure
    @ObligateFailure 11 років тому +4

    I had an animal behaviour exam coming up as part of my degree, had finished my revision, so thought I'd listen to someone else deliver similar info. It's great to hear someone else explain things you've already learned. Most of it is revision, but some bits make you think " aha, I never would have thought to explain that in that way".
    Then I got a bit addicted........I've got an exhibition to do, and then I'm going to come back for the rest of the videos :). Awesome resource!

  • @Nadia-ku9ze
    @Nadia-ku9ze 8 років тому +54

    This is a very intriguing lecture. I'm currently a sophomore in HS and aspiring to pursue neuroscience in college. I look forward to taking these classes. Thanks for posting :)

    • @tasmiahakter8366
      @tasmiahakter8366 4 роки тому +4

      did you end up pursuing neuro? im a hs sophomore currently :)

    • @kaiyanechouldjian1473
      @kaiyanechouldjian1473 Рік тому

      @@tasmiahakter8366 did u pursue neuroscience in the end? i’m debating still as a sophomore myself

    • @tasmiahakter8366
      @tasmiahakter8366 Рік тому +5

      @@kaiyanechouldjian1473 I did! I feel pretty confident that even if I don’t end up in medicine or as a scientific researcher, I’ll always be doing something neuro related (like a public health program) in the future. Tbh, these videos changed my life. I recommend taking extra courses on psych or neuro topics to confirm if this is what you wanna do. I honestly haven’t looked at life the same since getting into neuro (in a good way). Best of luck to you on your journey :)

    • @naimas8120
      @naimas8120 8 місяців тому

      How has it been for you ma'am! I'm hoping you're now a neuroscience major!

  • @Racingnorthstar
    @Racingnorthstar 9 років тому +31

    Hey Nathan great video mate! You're summarizing a lot of complex things about the brain really really well and providing great quality info thanks yeah!

  • @Natsumereal
    @Natsumereal 6 років тому +14

    The lecture is so good, it's easy to catch up, very understandable. I graduated from social and economic major, yet after watched this lecture, I'm more than ready to enter university again to learn more about Neuroscience, I know that it includes physics and biology as well, but I just love it xD

  • @magenoir999
    @magenoir999 5 років тому +41

    No one is talking about those hots rhymes at the end

  • @yurirodrigues2216
    @yurirodrigues2216 7 років тому +2

    I think when you refer a breakthrough like, "they discovery that hippocampus is responsible for..." is for the best to say when in the history... this would help the students to follow how the knowledge was built... Nice class!

  • @soumyadipray1502
    @soumyadipray1502 5 років тому +4

    Absolutely amazing lecture!! I'm feeling motivated in neuroscience after watching the video.

  • @sebytro
    @sebytro 4 роки тому +3

    That video at the end made it all so awesome! :D That right there is the healthy spirit of University studies

  • @lenz0101
    @lenz0101 10 років тому +8

    You don't see the sunset, taste the apple, smell the flower and hear the ocean. You only sense what are in front of you. However, if you are doing the same procedure while simultaneously closing your eyes, blocking your ears, plugging your nose and emptying your mouth you may get the same feelings as the previous day, I.e., de javu. As similar net sensory inputs would result in similar neuronal responses.

  • @gabibmw
    @gabibmw 4 роки тому +3

    Amazing introductory lecture! Thanks so much!!

  • @MrMikkyn
    @MrMikkyn Рік тому +3

    That ending was funny. I’m also a musician and songwriter, and I find using music helps me remember things.
    Its funny because I also wrote a song about neurons, its unfinished and based on the Appendix I of Behave by Robert Sapolsky. The melody and chords are based off the verse section of Beatles Lucy in the Sky, in 6/8 time:
    They're a hundred billion
    Or so neurons in our brains
    They communicate with eachother
    Forming circuitry, chains.
    Glial cells provide structure
    And support, insulation.
    Greatly they influence
    The communication
    Of how neurons speak
    To one another.
    Here are four sub parts of the neuron
    Let’s see what they're about
    The dendrites are the ears
    The axons are the mouths
    And the terminals of the axons
    Are on their way out
    Axon terminals connect to the dendrites
    And dendrites connect to the next neuron in line
    Thus, the dendritic ears are informed
    That the neuron behind it's excited
    What's more?
    This information then sweeps from the dendrites
    To cell bodies, then to the terminals
    Passing all the way down to the next neuron
    Here's what goes on
    Inside these terminals
    Flowing information
    Electrical excitation
    Inside the neurons
    Are some charged ions
    Some negatively charged
    Some positive

  • @AP-nf5mi
    @AP-nf5mi 8 років тому +7

    These two grad students do a fantastic presentation

  • @pleasemusic3314
    @pleasemusic3314 3 роки тому +41

    I’m now on a Sapolsky binge

  • @shintakirana5443
    @shintakirana5443 4 роки тому +6

    I hope someday i'll be there. Learning something new and got a lot of experience. I want to learn biology so bad, so this can help me to fix and keep the earth save.

  • @Gothicc_senpai
    @Gothicc_senpai 5 років тому +8

    i work with film, but i watch all these lectures to learn more. if my films ever get rich i will cite all the students and professors here haha great videos knowledge is truly priceless

  • @jclester8187
    @jclester8187 6 років тому +4

    I love me some free education! Nothing better than free information to make a population of critical thinkers, let's hope it stays this way.

  • @whywatchthistv
    @whywatchthistv 11 років тому +2

    I don't study Neuroscience nor do I want to study it at uni however I have to admit Neuroscience is one of the most interesting topics in science. I think it's important to study a bit of other subjects separate from your main interest to expand your mind.

  • @craftingemily
    @craftingemily Рік тому +1

    I love this! I have a clinical psych undergrad and want to go and get my masters in neuropsych. Unfortunately my path has taken a turn as when I was 10 I had a brain tumor touching the brain tumor but hadn’t protruded through the brainstem. It was mainly in the cerebellum (Pre tumor I played the piano I no long play the piano because I never practiced right after surgery to reteach my brain aka fine motor skills.) This lead me to having postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome POTS. A autonomic nervous system disorder. Undiagnosed until I was in college, so it kept getting progressively worse from 10 till 24 when stared somewhat treating it, because there is no treatment.
    My job now is to get better physically and mentally as my POTS has debilitated me. Over the years it has gotten better and in a few years a do hope to go back to school, but for now I have used my degree to train my Service Dog. Watching lectures like this has helped me with reminding me what I learned and also learning new things!

  • @wisconsingoldrush8270
    @wisconsingoldrush8270 4 роки тому +10

    5:32 if you want to skip the intro

  • @TianXiaoMao
    @TianXiaoMao 4 роки тому +4

    I just need to listen from 57:09 on repeat thanks. ♡

  • @X3R0D3D
    @X3R0D3D Рік тому

    that rap at the end is actually really well done if you know the original song, many of the rhyme schemes are closely matched, same wit the backup vocals etc. quite good!

  • @damiendesmond8893
    @damiendesmond8893 4 місяці тому

    That "you've got mail" sound was so well-timed around 29:45 😂

  • @eyeswideshut7354
    @eyeswideshut7354 8 років тому +25

    Good lecture. I especially like Dr. Woodling's clarity when explaining concepts. If anything I would say that this presentation needs serious visual aids to follow along with. Other than that very informative.

  • @HannahTran1
    @HannahTran1 3 роки тому +13

    I’m a neuro major :) I’m a freshman and just completed a neuroscience class. Got all A’s on my exams, very interesting. I take intro to neuroscience sophomore year!

  • @mmedeuxchevaux
    @mmedeuxchevaux 3 роки тому

    I wish we could watch all the lectures in this class.

  • @sinmoy
    @sinmoy 4 роки тому +1

    Love you guys for sharing such incredible knowledge. Thanks and namaste from India!

  • @kyliestanfill7938
    @kyliestanfill7938 3 роки тому +4

    Second speaker !! Love his energy!!!

  • @Jilaena1
    @Jilaena1 5 років тому +7

    Thank you for this. Great job guys! Really helping me to put it all together after some heavy reading. (Doctor of Nursing Student, advanced patho class)

    • @zain4019
      @zain4019 4 роки тому

      Jilaena Freitas
      Good on you! It’s a very exciting field to be in:)

  • @Desimcd
    @Desimcd 4 місяці тому

    35:01 Nathan did a great job with this lecture. I am a business student and I found it easy to follow.

  • @parkersnowe
    @parkersnowe 11 років тому +1

    One is education the other entertainment. I might have music on in the background while doing other things, this I am watching to expand my mind and it has my full attention!

  • @superchef78
    @superchef78 11 років тому +10

    "Intelligence has nothing to do with what you already know," -- Without intelligence, it would be impossible to know and to grasp/garner knowledge.

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 2 роки тому

      So how could intelligence be measured or characterized? Same number of neurons but more connections? More/ less mutations on connections? Or a mutated/defective transmitter treating a less effective protein?

    • @SineN0mine3
      @SineN0mine3 2 роки тому +1

      @@4philipp I would guess that you can't measure intelligence without observing higher level behaviour. A neuron connection is only 'intelligent' if it produces greater awareness and understanding in the brain it belongs to. Random and insignficant connections would be of no benefit to a being's intelligence so measuring the number of neurons and/or connections seems like a tangential at best indication.
      There are some parallels here to machine learning studies, more neurons or connections don't lead to good outcomes for neural nets when the training data is bad or the model for understanding it is flawed.
      There's some interesting philosophical ground to cover in order to unite the concept of biological intelligence with AIs.
      I imagine a brain which forms connections too indiscriminately would percieve the world like someone who has taken a heavy dose of hallucinogens, perhaps capable of extremely novel ideas, but rarely useful ones.
      I'm totally unqualified to talk to either point though, so I welcome any corrections!

  • @PH1FER
    @PH1FER 2 роки тому +6

    I reeeeeally wish they had an updated set of lectures from Sapolsky to see how things have grown in the field. Some of THESE students probably have helped with that!

  • @amandayax407
    @amandayax407 10 років тому +2

    Great lecture! Very easy to follow along with :)

  • @godofallgodswithnoothernam920
    @godofallgodswithnoothernam920 2 роки тому

    That video was so cool all of them, the gravel pit song at the end was wicked highly informative and funny as anything.

  • @TankNSSpank
    @TankNSSpank 9 років тому +11

    The song in the end is getting into my head.

  • @bogdanbogdanovich140
    @bogdanbogdanovich140 4 роки тому

    The end video is just outstanding.

  • @blackcat5809
    @blackcat5809 4 роки тому +2

    For a non-native English speaker like me this lecture was pretty difficult to understand and process. Thanks for the subtitles guys!

  • @wafikiri_
    @wafikiri_ 8 років тому +4

    Santiago Ramón Cajal: this was the way he used to sign his papers. Although "Ramón" usually is a first name, this is not the case here. His first family name was Ramón, his second family name was Cajal Junquera. Reference as "Cajal" is thus incorrect: it should be "Ramón" instead when referencing in abbreviated form.

  • @saltypotatochip4707
    @saltypotatochip4707 3 роки тому +25

    Why can`t youtube ever recommend me stuff like this? :(

  • @silasfrisenette9226
    @silasfrisenette9226 4 роки тому +2

    He doesn't get the laughter he deserves - he is so funny 😀😁 Aside from being informative, ofc

  • @erikaeb1129
    @erikaeb1129 9 місяців тому

    12 years ago, but still such a good introduction to neuroscience 🤯

  • @emanuelvazquez6492
    @emanuelvazquez6492 4 роки тому +35

    Everyone of my teachers: You dont have to memorize this
    *2 minutes before exam*
    I hope yall studied that thing from last week

    • @dhilipraja
      @dhilipraja 3 роки тому +2

      ya understandable studying and memorizing are 2 different things

  • @TheMrVengeance
    @TheMrVengeance 4 роки тому +10

    Huh. I always thought it was called the temporal lobe because of time stuff, since it deals with memory. Never figured it was just because it's location is by the temple. 😅

  • @ArcadianGenesis
    @ArcadianGenesis 13 років тому +1

    @helpvidz I learned that the adaptive advantage of dreaming is that it prepares us for future possibilities so that when they happen in real life, we will be less stressed by them.

  • @manuelaloaeza3949
    @manuelaloaeza3949 4 роки тому

    Nathan Woodling please come back and explain the rest!

  • @pawan-td6ff
    @pawan-td6ff 5 років тому +4

    Most decent way of saying 'fuck' I've ever witnessed 🤣

  • @herauthon
    @herauthon 10 років тому +25

    don't underestimate the intestinal tract and bowel movements.
    Various virus, fungi and bacteria colonies that make the brain work
    because they decompose our food into nutriëns and vitamines.

    • @maheshm5463
      @maheshm5463 5 років тому +3

      herauthon four it is called Gut Brain axis

    • @zain4019
      @zain4019 4 роки тому +1

      Undercover Diatom
      There have been cases where extreme mental handicaps and severe emotional issues in children and adults have been cured simply by simply rebalancing gut bacteria and removing allergens in the diet.

    • @bogdanbogdanovich140
      @bogdanbogdanovich140 4 роки тому +1

      That is nutrients, without them nothing, including the brain wouldn't work. They don't control the brain directly, it makes sense that some people's brains may be suffering because of incorrect gut stuff but it doesn't control it.

  • @sandrachatwin5599
    @sandrachatwin5599 3 роки тому

    Love this guys lectures

  • @George-bs3nb
    @George-bs3nb 8 років тому +2

    Nice job, highly informative.

  • @99nej
    @99nej 5 років тому +6

    Shout out to the rappers at the end, lmao! Plus, another great video - what youtube was meant for :)

  • @carolinakozimaCK
    @carolinakozimaCK Рік тому +5

    I'm a big fan of professor Sapolsky, my dream job is to do research in the same field and approach. I saw these videos a lot of times, but recently I was rewatching them kinda tired and fell asleep in this one exactly. I had the most crazy dream, I was actually watching the course live as a student of the university, and this guy that's presenting this lecture presented himself as the "prof Sapolsky's assistant" saying that he would only introduce us to the specific vocabulary that the professor was going to use from now one on neuroscience... When it ended, he got off the stage and we walked together while chatting to the next class. The university was so dreamy (you won't say), like Hogwarts. Lol and I slept within 5 min of the vid and only woke up in the next morning, it's like that little story took the entire night to be dreamed, so unusual. Honestly I have no idea what my brain invented as neurology terms to the guy making the speech but I was really paying attention... Wish I could remember what terms he said... It must be so funny finding out what my brain used to fill in these gaps on its own story...

  • @ToriKo_
    @ToriKo_ 6 років тому +2

    That thing at the end made me so happy

  • @AlexTrusk91
    @AlexTrusk91 4 роки тому

    Made it to the end of the video. This was refreshing

  • @moritzkorsch9029
    @moritzkorsch9029 2 роки тому +8

    Great free lecture, my deepest gratitude to everyone involved!
    Good catch up lesson. *If viewers are just here for Prof. Sapolsky* and think about skipping this one: if you learned about brain function, specifically neurons and synapse function, you should be able to skip the second part (by Anthony Chung-Ming Ng) as he is mostly talking about well known chemical neurotransmitters being introduced in future lectures.
    The first part of the catch-up (by Nathan Woodling) goes into the specific names and functions of the neuron's different cell parts, which might be helpful, so I recommend at least giving it a go if you are not well versed in that (put on quicker playback speed, if you are somewhat familiar).
    Why is no one talking about that full rap track at the end, though? 🔥

    • @penguinshoes7928
      @penguinshoes7928 Рік тому +1

      Presentation tanked at the out-of-place video. Great for middle school, maybe. Could have mentioned how close GABA Is to glutamate in structure, differing by one carboxyl group, which makes sense to have the most 'gas' and 'brake' to counter it.

  • @aTruster
    @aTruster 8 років тому +60

    Until man began laying roads the chicken had nothing to cross. The chicken crossed the road, because the road was there.

    • @elaaphos
      @elaaphos 5 років тому +3

      Interesting thought! Would there be any other factors? I'm curious.

    • @missbliss3089
      @missbliss3089 5 років тому +2

      Well a chicken can fly.Water has always been here.We should be asking ourselves why do they fly

    • @N12Gautam
      @N12Gautam 4 роки тому +3

      Truster why do some cross it slow, and some quick?

    • @Psychol-Snooper
      @Psychol-Snooper 4 роки тому +6

      As we all know a chicken is just a chicken egg's method for producing another chicken egg, thus all chicken behavior is chicken egg production related.

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 2 роки тому

      @@Psychol-Snooper then there is only one conclusion why the chicken crossed the road : the 4 F’s …Food, Nesting, Breeding

  • @Ayuaisya
    @Ayuaisya 6 років тому

    Very a good topic to discuss to...currently im into topic of subcontious mind and neuroscience .

  • @drvivekpatel1259
    @drvivekpatel1259 6 років тому

    It is a good discuss and also update more videos on neuro related topics in details

  • @epowouid6715
    @epowouid6715 8 років тому +4

    Learned a lot thnx!

  • @flores23ization
    @flores23ization 11 років тому +4

    wu-tang REMIX! this is officially the greatest class ever.

  • @christianimageco.3758
    @christianimageco.3758 3 роки тому

    Excellent 👏🏾👏🏼👏🏻👏👏🏿 Thank you Stanford.

  • @rodriguezelfeliz4623
    @rodriguezelfeliz4623 11 місяців тому +1

    I can't breathe... the GLU-TANG CLAN video killed me

  • @grace-lu5tu
    @grace-lu5tu 6 років тому +24

    I'm 13 and watching this at 4:30 in the morning. Idk how I got here but all of this is really fascinating to learn about.

    • @xaphon89
      @xaphon89 6 років тому +9

      Most people are coming to these videos from academicearth.org. You can find more courses and lectures there for free. If you can follow a lecture like this at your age, then I encourage you to pursue more, because the material taught at your grade level in public school isn't going to challenge you. When I was your age, this kind of material wasn't available online (the internet was still kinda new), so I was stuck "waiting" to learn things that interested me. Always take advantage of every resource available to you.

    • @ncuber4762
      @ncuber4762 6 років тому +2

      jjk I'm also 13, but I'm already enrolled in online university courses, so this is all basic stuff.

    • @MrKmanthie
      @MrKmanthie 6 років тому +4

      I'm totally with you on that! I've learned much more by reading, watching things like this around the internet or on something like UCSDTV/UCTV than I ever learned in school. One reason for this is probably because I've always started out reading or watching out of pleasure/curiosity (or both) and it wasn't something "shoved down my throat" as well as it not being the typical interchangeable curricula (interchangeable w/every school system in US), which is basically teaching one to be a "good consumer", a "productive member of society", even though there is ONE avenue I really wish now that I had more vigorously pursued back in school (elem & HS): mathematics. Arithmetic, of course is very simple, it, like all math, is just pure logic (2+2 HAVE to equal 4, any other answer would make no sense, right? One could say the same about any other basic artith. prob: 100/4 HAS to equal 25, anything else would be counter to all common sense & even nature). I wish I had really worked hard at both algebra (harder, at least) and really nailed geometry, but even more so is that I wish I had learned calculus & trigonometry since I've discovered so many disciplines in which a basic knowledge of the latter 2 are essential for understanding or providing/understanding "proofs" of some specific statement, some "given" (though it may be actually be a widely accepted "theory" like gravity or evolution or many climate science ideas, though the latter has a lot less theoretical modes to it & more pure science stuff that is not controversial but universally acknowledged) and you fucking christians: don't say a goddamn word about evolution being "wrong" just cuz you believe in some fairy tale "god" who really did the work; anything you say is going to be pure bullshit; so keep your pie holes shut!!! The rest of you, thanks for reading!

    • @Name-ex1yh
      @Name-ex1yh 6 років тому +1

      Kent Manthie I absolutely agree with what you have said, but the christian part was a bit harsh, don’t you think? And I don’t say that because I’m christian, but because I’m christian and also believe in science and scientific proofing. Why? Because I don’t think every word that’s written in the Bible is nothing but the truth. And I don’t have to. To me religion and science are to different things. Science is something that effects, rules and determines all lives an all things in space, whereas religion focuses on the individual in coherence with others. And that’s the thing, they both seek “truth” but their ”truths” are not congruent. That’s also why there can be different religions simultaneously and still give them, the believers, the right truth. But still everything else you said, I stand behind that.
      My perception might change, I don’t know, I’m only 18 but that’s my spin on things.
      Greetings from Germany :)

    • @TheJefferson1998
      @TheJefferson1998 5 років тому +6

      I'm a fetus, and I have a PhD in quantum physics.

  • @misterandylink
    @misterandylink 3 роки тому +4

    "The Gift of Gaba" made me actually laugh.

  • @moonxx6700
    @moonxx6700 5 місяців тому

    I loved this !! this is what I wanna study for future

  • @noeditbookreviews
    @noeditbookreviews 4 роки тому +1

    The brain gets me pretty pumped. Literally. It's an autonomic function of the hypothalamus.

  • @Beedbit
    @Beedbit 5 років тому +3

    Would a bachelor's in Psych or Biology be better for this major? Psych right?

  • @dheerajsongara6290
    @dheerajsongara6290 6 років тому +6

    I want to become neuroscientist...but i need guidance. Anyone here can help me.

  • @the_0_man
    @the_0_man 3 роки тому

    Here after I was unable to understand Appendix 1 of Behave by Robert Sapolsky. It's clear now. Thanks Stanford.

  • @danicntno
    @danicntno 10 років тому

    Great video, it really helped me out.

  • @alexinflux
    @alexinflux 4 роки тому +9

    57:08 Look at 'em synapses rapping about themselves

  • @c.m.b.7567
    @c.m.b.7567 4 роки тому +3

    I am minoring on this for my pre-med.

  • @BoooDave
    @BoooDave 13 років тому

    Loving the glut-tang clan. Loving the stanford videos in general.

  • @smduffy2968
    @smduffy2968 6 місяців тому

    The music video is amazing ! Sounds like The Propeller Heads with Shirley Bassey.

  • @homerorivera6115
    @homerorivera6115 5 років тому +7

    "Dope A. Mean" LOL!!