The five major structures of the brain are myelencephalon‚ Metencephalon‚ mesencephalon‚ diencephalon and telencephalon. The myelencephalon carries signals from the brain to the entire parts of the human body and it is also uniquely shaped looking like a little net. The Metencephalon is made up of ascending and descending tracts just like the myelencephalon. It has two major divisions which are pons and the cerebellum. The mesencephalon has two divisions also and they are the tectum and the tegmentum
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Hi Jonnah‚ I know we haven’t talked since you transferred high schools‚ but I hope you are doing well! In 8th grade I remember you having a lot of trouble with your epilepsy. You wore sunglasses indoors because the light always triggered seizures and even when you did wear them‚ you had seizures at school. It was always scary to watch‚ but I can’t even imagine how scary it was for you to go through them. Back then‚ I knew nothing about epilepsy. All I knew is that it affected my friend‚ and I hated
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Manila Tytana Colleges Metropolitan Park‚ Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. Pasay City “Hemispheric Dominance” Investigatory Project By Mabute‚ Pinky Table of Contents List of Tables Page Chapter 1 The Problem – Its Background
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"How can the study of brain damage inform our understanding of the human brain? The study of brain injury is an imperative tool when trying to understand the in-depth workings of “the most complex object in the known universe”. We have been studying the brain for thousands of years. From Hippocrates in 468BC‚ describing epilepsy as a disturbance of the brain‚ to our modern day MRI and CT scans able to image the brain in great detail our knowledge is always growing. However the study of
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DEM 201 1.1- Dementia are the signs and symptoms caused as a result of specific diseases such as Alzheimer’s or a stroke that involve the damaging of brain cells; as the brain cells die the person with a dementia will lose their ability to do things they are used to doing as different parts of the brain are damaged. Dementia affects both older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die. 1.2-The main areas of the brain that are affected
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The brain Weighs 1300-1400g Made up of about 100 billion neurons The most complex living structure in the universe The cerebral hemispheres Are the two halves of the cerebral cortex Although they appear to be separated by a deep grove (the longitudinal fissure) they are actually connected by the corpus callosum They receive messages from and control the opposite side of the body The corpus callosum Is the strand or bridge of nerve tissue that connects the left and right hemispheres
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Teenage Brain Development Not Considered in Court Teenagers accused of violent crimes should not be tried as adults in a court of the law. Teenagers brains are not fully developed‚ from the ages 13-18 a projected number of‚ “one percent of gray matter is lost every year in teenagers‚” and these are the teens being tried as adults in court (Spinks). A growth of gray matter is an important development stage in teens. The gray matter grows mostly when the brain is stimulated through accelerated learning
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A. Annette takes medication for her Parkinson’s disease. What is a characteristic that the medication must have to cross the blood brain barrier freely? In order to cross the BBB freely‚ Annette’s medication must be fat soluble. B. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling the initiation and termination of movement? The basal ganglia of the primary motor area of the brain are primarily responsible for controlling the initiation and termination of movement. C. What other symptom
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Chapter 1: “The Phantom Within” Modularity vs. Holism Modularity – different parts of the brain are highly specialized for mental capabilities. (i.e.‚ FFA‚ module for language‚ and etc…) Holism – “connectionism”; many areas‚ especially cortical regions‚ can be recruited for multiple tasks. *** Ramachandran believes these two views are not mutually exclusive. The brain is a dynamic structure that employs both “modules: in a marvelously complex interplay. (uses Baywatch as an analogy‚ saying
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Brain development throughout childhood The first eight years of a child’s life are not only the most important years of a child’s life‚ but also the most rapid period of human development throughout a human life. These years are critical to the emotional and physical growth of a child. By the age of four‚ half of a person’s intelligence potential has already been developed and early childhood experiences can have a lasting effect on personality‚ behavior‚ and learning. (Early‚ 2001) These first
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