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Dominick
Purpura, professor of neuroscience and vice president for
medical affairs at Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Yeshiva University, defines neuroscience as "a way to
approach specific questions about the structure and function
of the human brain, whether in healthy development or when
afflicted with injury or disease" (Ackerman 3). For Dr.
Purpura, neuroscience is a method of scientific thinking, or
a philosophy of approach, to address questions related to
the brain. Neuroscience encompasses and employs manifold
fields of science, including hands-on neuroanatomy and
physiology, the biochemical framework of neuroimmunology,
specialized calculations of genetics, bright scans of neural
images, observation of full-scale behavior and advanced
mathematics as well as the incorporation of the intricate
cellular workings of molecular biology (Ackerman 3). A basic
understanding of neuroscience and what it encompasses is
crucial to understand fully the nature and limitations of
the fetal tissue research currently being done to study
Parkinson's disease as well as the viability of the
alternatives available, and finally, what the research in
this area hopes to accomplish.
Works Cited
Ackerman, Sandra.
Discovering the
Brain. Washington,
D.C.: National Academy Press, 1992.
Organization Pattern
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To define
neuroscience, this author relies on an expert, Dr.
Purpura.
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After the quote by Dr. Purpura, the student
summarizes,
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and then she
explains neuroscience in her own words.
- (4)
Finally, the
paragraph concludes by stating the reason why a basic
understanding of neuroscience is important to this paper
about Parkinson's disease.
(1)
Dominick Purpura, professor of neuroscience and vice
president for medical affairs at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, Yeshiva University, defines neuroscience as
"a way to approach specific questions about the structure
and function of the human brain, whether in healthy
development or when afflicted with injury or disease"
(Ackerman 3).
(2)
For Dr. Purpura, neuroscience is a method of scientific
thinking, or a philosophy of approach, to address
questions related to the brain.
(3)
Neuroscience encompasses and employs manifold fields of
science, including hands-on neuroanatomy and physiology,
the biochemical framework of neuroimmunology, specialized
calculations of genetics, bright scans of neural images,
observation of full-scale behavior and advanced
mathematics as well as the incorporation of the intricate
cellular workings of molecular biology (Ackerman 3).
(4)
A basic understanding of neuroscience and what it
encompasses is crucial to understand fully the nature and
limitations of the fetal tissue research currently being
done to study Parkinson's disease as well as the
viability of the alternatives available, and finally,
what the research in this area hopes to
accomplish.
Works Cited
Ackerman, Sandra.
Discovering the
Brain. Washington,
D.C.: National Academy Press, 1992.
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