History of Neurobiology

Throughout history, there have been many different perspectives on brain function. The ancient Egyptians believed that the brain did not aid in any higher order function. During mummification, they would remove the brain as they thought it was an unecessary organ for the afterlife. They belived that conciousness, memory and soul was located in the heart and higher order functions travelled through the blood. This theory was adapted and altered by other scientific figures such as Andreas Vesalius, who  believed that brain fluid carried higher order functions throughout the body. Theories on brain function continued to arrise as neurobiology became a more popular area of study. Yet, it was not until the mid-1600s, when Thomas Willis officially coined the term neurobiology, that the study of the brain became a legitimized form of research.