Challenges and perspectives of brain science in Mongolia and Central Asian countries

Authors

  • Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren (1) Brain Science Institute, Graduate School, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (2) Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan.
  • Jambaldorj Jamiyansuren (1) Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (2) Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31117/neuroscirn.v4i3Suppl.143

Keywords:

neuroscience, brain science, brain-related disorders, Mongolia, Central Asia

Abstract

"What is the origin of the mind?", "What is the organ of intelligence?" The first answers to these questions trace to the scripts of ancient Sumeria and Egypt. It took almost 4000 years to understand that the brain is the main organ that controls other organs. The dawn of modern neuroscience lay in the 1890s when the pioneering works of Camillo Golgi and Ramon Cajal invented the structure of the nervous system using microscope techniques. Cajal's neuron doctrine, which hypothesizes that the functional unit of the brain is the neuron, has become the main concept that explains the mind and body interactions.

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2021-12-17

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Lkhagvasuren, B., & Jamiyansuren, J. (2021). Challenges and perspectives of brain science in Mongolia and Central Asian countries. Neuroscience Research Notes, 4(3Suppl), 70–74. https://doi.org/10.31117/neuroscirn.v4i3Suppl.143

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Vol. 4 No. 3Suppl (2021): Special issue on "Multidisciplinary Brain Science Research in Mongolia and Central Asia"

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