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    The document outlines key discoveries and advances in the field of neuroscience, including the first written record of the brain in ancient Egypt, the proposal of the cell theory in 1839, and Nobel Prizes awarded in 1906 for studies of the nervous system structure and in 2000 for signal transduction discoveries. It also mentions breakthroughs such as identifying the role of electrophysiology and neurotransmitters, and more recent initiatives like the Brain Activity Map and BRAIN Initiative announced by President Obama in 2013 to further the understanding of the brain.

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    The document outlines key discoveries and advances in the field of neuroscience, including the first written record of the brain in ancient Egypt, the proposal of the cell theory in 1839, and Nobel Prizes awarded in 1906 for studies of the nervous system structure and in 2000 for signal transduction discoveries. It also mentions breakthroughs such as identifying the role of electrophysiology and neurotransmitters, and more recent initiatives like the Brain Activity Map and BRAIN Initiative announced by President Obama in 2013 to further the understanding of the brain.

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    The document outlines key discoveries and advances in the field of neuroscience, including the first written record of the brain in ancient Egypt, the proposal of the cell theory in 1839, and Nobel Prizes awarded in 1906 for studies of the nervous system structure and in 2000 for signal transduction discoveries. It also mentions breakthroughs such as identifying the role of electrophysiology and neurotransmitters, and more recent initiatives like the Brain Activity Map and BRAIN Initiative announced by President Obama in 2013 to further the understanding of the brain.

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    • First written record about the nervous system, Egypt (~ 1700, MÖ)

    • Hieroglyphic for «Brain»

    • 1839 - Theodor Schwann: Proposes the cell theory


    • 1906 - Italian scientist Camillo Golgi and Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
    their studies of the structure of the nervous system. 

    • 1952: Electrophysiology: A technique for understanding how nerve cells send electrical signals
    • 1963: Nobel for work on the mechanisms of the neuron cell membrane.
    • 1970: Nobel for work on neurotransmitters.
    • 2000: Nobel for for discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system (Eric Kandel, 1/3)
    • 2011: Birth of the Brain Activity Map (BAM) concept (BRAIN initiative tohum fikirleri, Allen/Gatsby/Kavli)
    • 2013 Feb : President Obama announces the BRAIN Initiative and calls for investment in brain research.
    Oligodendrocyte precursor cell (a type of brain cell)
    credit: Allen Institute

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