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You are about to embark on a tour of fundamental |
neuroscience. |
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Furthermore, |
it has no obvious design features in common with |
human-engineered computers. |
Just think about the difference |
between a hammer and a saw. |
In |
other words, what are the organizing principles—the |
basic design features—of its circuitry? |
Fundamental Neuroscience, Third Edition 15 © 2008, 2003, 1999 Elsevier Inc. |
16 2. |
BASIC PLAN OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
I. |
They are seemingly amorphous animals |
that spend their adult lives immobile, submerged in |
water. |
In contrast |
to sponges, hydra locomote and show active feeding |
behavior (Fig. |