Brain Architecture1. "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) 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 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