Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head (cephalization), usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing, and olfaction. Being the most specialized organ, it is responsible for receiving information from the sensory nervous system, processing that information (thought, cognition, and intelligence) and the coordination of motor control (muscle activity and endocrine system).

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main organ of the human nervous system

permanent, irreversible, total cessation of brain function

semipermable membrane that separates blood and the brain

The pons (from Latin ) is the part of the brainstem that, in humans and other mammals, lies inferior to the midbrain, superior to the medulla oblongata, and anterior to the cerebellum.

part of the brain that, because of how large it is, it's responsible for many functions, such as motor control, executive functions, language production, emotional regulation, working memory, and personality

half of the cerebrum

part of the brain responsible for processing auditory information and encoding of memory. The temporal lobe also plays a role in processing affect/emotions, language, and certain aspects of visual perception.

urban legend

region of the cerebral cortex

part of the cerebral cortex

tendency for cognitive processes to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other

type of neuron

software and hardware with cognitive abilities similar to those of the animal or human brain

biochemical signaling that takes place between the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) and the central nervous system

topic of study within the fields of anatomy, biological anthropology, animal science, and evolution

Split-brain or callosal syndrome is a type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree. It is an association of symptoms produced by disruption of, or interference with, the connection between the hemispheres of the brain. The surgical operation to produce this condition (corpus callosotomy) involves transection of the corpus callosum, and is usually a last resort to treat refractory epilepsy. Initially, partial callosotomies are performed; if this operation does not succeed, a complete callosotomy is performed to mit

brain landmark commonly used in biomedical image processing

brain kept alive in vitro outside of a body

collection of widespread brain regions showing functional connectivity by statistical analysis of the fMRI BOLD signal or other signal fluctuations

creation of a computer model of all or part of a brain

organization

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book by Raymond Kurzweil

Areas in the human brain that respond with activation increases to attention-demanding tasks

name for a variety of small anatomical masses

quantum interpretation of neuroscience

degradation of functioning of the brain

Proposed fourth meningeal layer

third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus

type of physical brain asymmetry

rare anatomic variation in the brain vascularization

3-D coordinate system of the human brain

theory that regions of the brain are specialized for functions

hypothetical neural stimulation for altering states of consciousness

large scale brain network involved in sustained attention

brain changes from parental experience and hormones

Large scale brain network of the human brain, composed of the anterior insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, which is involved in detecting and filtering salient stimuli, as well as in recruiting relevant functional networks