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Neuroscience Basics
The brain in one lesson: ~86 billion neurons, action potentials and synapses, key neurotransmitters, the lobes and deep structures, famous cases (Phineas Gage, H.M.), plasticity, energy use, and how fMRI and EEG see inside.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Cells. Next: Dopamine, motivation & addiction; Stress & cortisol. Sources: Crash Course Psychology #3–4; Herculano-Houzel, 'The human brain in numbers' (2009); Kandel et al., *Principles of Neural Science*.Next: 1. Neurons