就像一粒埋在土壤里休眠的种子没有适宜的湿度和温度就不会生长开花一样,中国的神经科学虽然始于两千多年前,但是直至本世纪才发展成为科学的一个重要分支。据我们所能查到的文献来看,关于脑的结构和功能的问题,如视神经及其与中枢的联系,最先被含蓄地描述出来是在《黄帝内经》上,这是一本写于公元前300～400年的中医经典著作。在书中可 Just as a dormant seed buried in soil does not grow and bloom without proper humidity and temperature, China’s neuroscience, although dating back more than two thousand years ago, did not develop into an important branch of science until this century. According to the literature we can find, questions about the structure and function of the brain, such as the optic nerve and its connection with the center, were first implicitly described in the Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic, 300-400 BC classical Chinese medicine. In the book