SYSTEM NEUROSCIENCE
Recent advances in systems neuroscience have been driven by the development of new experimental techniques and computational tools that allow researchers to study the brain at unprecedented levels of resolution and complexity.
Neurologists and neuroscientists were finally able to locate the regions involved in particular functions as well as to elucidate the underlying mechanisms thanks to a number of technological and neuroscience advancements. This discovery was primarily made possible by advancements in neuroscience and anaesthetic techniques and the discovery of antibiotics on the medical side, and by the technical development of techniques that allowed single neurons to be recorded in anaesthetized animals first and then in animals that were behaving later. The heyday of system neuroscience was just beginning.