Encyclopedia - Cerebral Cortex: Encyclopedia - Cerebral Cortex
The cerebral cortex is a brain structure in vertebrates, including humans. It is the outermost layer of the cerebrum and has a grey color...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Cortex - Classification
Based on the differences in lamination the cerebral cortex can be classified into two major groups: Isocortex (homotypical cortex), the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Cortex - Development
The cerebral cortex develops from the neural plate, a specialised part of the embryonic ectoderm. The neural plate folds and closes to fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allocortex: Encyclopedia - Allocortex
The allocortex is a part of the cerebral cortex characterized by having fewer cell layers than the isocortex (less than six). The specifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cortex: Encyclopedia - Cortex
Cortex (Latin for bark) in general means the outer layer (contrast with medulla). It has different specific meanings, depending on the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Cortex: Encyclopedia - Visual Cortex
Visual cortex is the term applied to both the primary visual cortex (also known as striate cortex or "V1") and upstream visual cortical a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Hemisphere: Encyclopedia - Cerebral Hemisphere
A cerebral hemisphere is defined as one of the two regions of the brain that are delineated by the body's median plane. The brain can thu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centromedian Nucleus: Encyclopedia - Centromedian Nucleus
In anatomy, the centromedian nucleus, also known as the centrum medianum, (CM or Cm-Pf) is a part of the intralaminar nucleus (ILN) of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebrospinal Fluid: Encyclopedia - Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear bodily fluid that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (the space b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Psychology: Encyclopedia - Biological Psychology
Biological psychology may be looked at as a hybrid of neuroscience and psychology. Practitioners of biological psychology may use their k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcuate Fasciculus: Encyclopedia - Arcuate Fasciculus
The arcuate fasciculus (literally the 'curved bundle') is the neural pathway connecting the posterior part of the temporoparietal junctio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corpus Callosum: Encyclopedia - Corpus Callosum
The corpus callosum is the largest white matter structure in the mammalian brain. It consists mostly of contralateral axon projections. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention Versus Memory In Prefrontal Cortex: Encyclopedia - Attention Versus Memory In Prefrontal Cortex
A widely accepted theory regarding the function of the prefrontal cortex is that it serves as a store of short-term memory. This idea was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telencephalon: Encyclopedia - Telencephalon
The telencephalon (te-len-seff-a-lon) is the technical name for a large region within the brain which is attributed many functions, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Matter: Encyclopedia - White Matter
White matter is one of the two main solid components of the central nervous system. It forms the bulk of the deep parts of the brain and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy: Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy or CP is a group of permanent disorders associated with developmental brain injuries that occur during fetal development, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ventricular System: Encyclopedia - Ventricular System
The ventricular system is a set of structures in the brain continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord. The system comprises fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Horsley: Encyclopedia - Victor Horsley
Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (April 14, 1857-July 16, 1916) was an accomplished scientist and professor. He was born in London. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual System: Encyclopedia - Visual System
The visual system is the part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see. It interprets the information from visible light to bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Cortex - Laminar Pattern
The standard areas of cortex (isocortex) is characterized as having six distinct layers. From outside inward: Molecular layer External g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Cortex - Primary Visual Cortex V1
The primary visual cortex is the most well-studied visual area in the brain. It is the part of the cerebral cortex that is responsible fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopallium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopallium - Evolution
Evolutionarily, the neopallium is the newest part of the cerebral cortex (whence the name "neo"); the other parts of the cerebral cortex ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 19: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 19 - Human
Brodmann area 19, or BA19, is part of the occipital lobe cortex in the human brain. Along with area 18, it comprises the extrastriate (or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 20: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 20 - Human
Brodmann area 20, or BA20, is part of the temporal cortex in the human brain. The region encompasses most of the ventral temporal cortex,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 21: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 21 - Human
Brodmann area 21, or BA21, is part of the temporal cortex in the human brain. The region encompasses most of the lateral temporal cortex,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temporal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Temporal Lobe - Function
The superior temporal gyrus includes an area (within the Sylvian fissure) where auditory signals from the cochlea (relayed via several su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopallium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopallium - Evolution
Evolutionarily, the neopallium is the newest part of the cerebral cortex (whence the name "neo"); the other parts of the cerebral cortex ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 18: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 18 - Human
Brodmann area 18, or BA18, is part of the occipital cortex in the human brain. It accounts for the bulk of the volume of the occipital lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sensory System: Encyclopedia Ii - Sensory System - Modality
There are many stimulus modalities: temperature, taste, sound, and pressure. The type of sensory receptor activated by a stimulus plays t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thalamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thalamus - Function
Traditionally, the thalamus has been thought of as a "relay" that simply forwards signals from auditory, somatic, visceral and visual sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Motor Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Motor Cortex - Anatomy
The precentral gyrus lies in front of the postcentral gyrus - mostly on the lateral (convex) side of the cerebral hemispheres - from whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 32: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 32 - Human
In the human this area is known as dorsal anterior cingulate area 32, and it refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 22: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 22 - Human
Brodmann area 22 is a region of the human brain (the 22nd numbered Brodmann area). On the left side of the brain this area helps with gen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Long-term Potentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Long-term Potentiation - Types Of Ltp
Since its original discovery in the rabbit hippocampus, LTP has been observed in a variety of other neural structures, including the cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Long-term Potentiation: Encyclopedia Ii - Long-term Potentiation - Types Of Ltp
Since its original discovery in the rabbit hippocampus, LTP has been observed in a variety of other neural structures, including the cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 25: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 25 - Human
Brodmann area 25 (BA25) is an area in the cerebral cortex of the brain and delineated based on its cytoarchitectonic characteristics. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sensory System: Encyclopedia Ii - Sensory System - Modality
There are many stimulus modalities: temperature, taste, sound, and pressure. The type of sensory receptor activated by a stimulus plays t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 10: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 10 - Human
Brodmann area 10, or BA10, is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. BA10 encompasses the most anterior part of the frontal corte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frontal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Lobe - Anatomy
In the human brain, the central sulcus separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe along the top of each cerebral cortex. The later...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telencephalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Telencephalon - Functions
Note: As the telencephalon is a gross division with many subdivisions and sub-reigons, it is important to state that this section lists t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homunculus: Encyclopedia Ii - Homunculus - The Sensory And Motor Homunculi
The homunculus is also commonly used to describe the distorted human figure drawn to reflect the relative sensory space our body parts oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Stressors
Any factor that causes stress is called a stressor. There are two kinds of stressors: processive stressors and systemic stressors. Proces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strange Days Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Strange Days Film - Plot Summary
The story takes place in a dystopic Los Angeles on the last few days of December 1999. The city has fallen into an unrelenting maelstrom ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twilight Enterprise Episode: Encyclopedia Ii - Twilight Enterprise Episode - Plot Summary
Like TNG's "Yesterday's Enterprise" and Voyager's "Year of Hell", this episode involves an alternate timeline. While rescuing T'Pol from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuroimaging: Encyclopedia Ii - Neuroimaging - Types Of Brain Imaging
Neuroimaging - EEG. Electroencephalography (EEG) is the first non-invasive neuroimaging technique discovered. First reported by neurolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space-time Theories Of Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Space-time Theories Of Consciousness - Predictions
Proponents of the "Space-time theories of consciousness" assert that they make predictions, and are thus to be distinguished from pseudos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internal Capsule: Encyclopedia Ii - Internal Capsule - Fibres In The Internal Capsule
The posterior limb of the internal capsule contains corticospinal fibres and sensory fibres from the body. The genu contains corticobulba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vladimir Lenin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vladimir Lenin - Lenin's Brain Study
Lenin's brain was removed before his body was embalmed. The Soviet government commissioned the well-known German neuroscientist Oskar Vog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postcentral Gyrus: Encyclopedia Ii - Postcentral Gyrus - Postcentral Gyrus
The lateral postcentral gyrus is bounded by: medial longitudinal fissure medially (to the middle) central sulcus rostrally (in front) po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 6: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 6 - Human
Brodmann area 6, or BA6, is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. Situated just anterior to the primary motor cortex (BA4), it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Auditory Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Auditory Cortex - Primary Auditory Cortex
The primary auditory cortex the region of the brain which is responsible for processing of auditory (sound) information. As with other pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Auditory Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Auditory Cortex - Function Of Primary Auditory Cortex
As with other primary sensory cortical areas, auditory sensations only reach perception if received and processed by a cortical area. Neu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postcentral Gyrus: Encyclopedia Ii - Postcentral Gyrus - Brodmann Areas 3 1 And 2
Brodmann areas 3, 1 and 2 comprise the primary somatosensory cortex of the human brain. Because Brodmann sliced the brain somewhat obliqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opioid Receptor: Encyclopedia Ii - Opioid Receptor - The μ-opioid Receptor
The μ-receptors exist mostly presynaptically in the periaqueductal gray region, and in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 24: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 24 - Guenon
In the guenon this area is referred to as area 24 of Brodmann-1905. It includes portions of the cingulate gyrus and the frontal lobe. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 23: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 23 - Subdivisions
The area has been subdivided further: In the macaque (Macaca fascicularis) the following subdivisions have been suggested1: 23i (interna...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aids, Genetic War: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Aids, Genetic War
AIDS (GENETIC WAR) Since some believe that the virus is man-made, specifically designed to attack the most important alternative to pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parietal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Parietal Lobe - Anatomy
The central sulcus separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe, and the parieto-occipital sulcus separates the parietal and occipit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain Contusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain Contusion - Features
Contusions, which are frequently associated with edema, are especially likely to cause increases in intracranial pressure (ICP) and conco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Motor Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Motor Cortex - Function
In humans, the lateral area of the posterior prefrontal cortex (the side toward the back) is arranged from top to bottom in areas that co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 11: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 11 - Human
Brodmann area 11, or BA11, is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. BA11 covers the medial part of the ventral surface of the fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual System: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual System - Visual Cortex
The visual cortex is the most massive system in the human brain and is responsible for higher-level processing of the visual image. It li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Cortex - V2
Visual area V2 is the second major area in the visual cortex, and first region within the visual association area. It receives strong fee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Cortex - V5
Visual area V5, also known as visual area MT (middle/medial temporal), is a region in the extrastriate cortex that appears to process com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neural Pathway: Encyclopedia Ii - Neural Pathway - Naming Of Neural Pathways
The first named pathways were evident even in a poorly-preserved gross brain, and were named by the great anatomists of the Renaissance u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Regions In The Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Regions In The Human Brain - Brain Neural Tube
List of regions in the human brain - Rhombencephalon hindbrain. medulla oblongata medullary pyramids pons fourth ventricle cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brodmann Area 40: Encyclopedia Ii - Brodmann Area 40 - The Parietal Operculum Po
Brodmann area 40 - Anatomy. This region, forming the superior bank of the sylvian fissure, as studied in the cat, contains the secondar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thalamus: Encyclopedia Ii - Thalamus - Anatomy
The thalami are prominent bulb-shaped regions, typically slightly more than 1 cm in length in humans, located in the center of the brain....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corticospinal Tract: Encyclopedia Ii - Corticospinal Tract - The Motor Pathway
The corticospinal tract originates in the giant pyramidal neurons (Betz cells) of the motor cortex. The neuronal cell bodies in the motor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telencephalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Telencephalon - Composition
The telencephalon comprises what most people think of as the "brain". It lies on top of the brainstem and is the largest and most well-de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ventricular System: Encyclopedia Ii - Ventricular System - Ventricles
There are four cerebral ventricles: the paired lateral ventricles and the third and fourth ventricle. The two lateral ventricles are rela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occipital Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Occipital Lobe - Anatomy
The occipital lobes are the smallest of four true lobes in the human brain. Located in the rearmost portion of the skull, the occipital l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frontal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Lobe - Psychosurgery
In the early 20th century, a medical treatment for mental illness, first developed by Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz, involved damagin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ventricular System: Encyclopedia Ii - Ventricular System - Ventricles
There are four cerebral ventricles: the paired lateral ventricles and the third and fourth ventricle. The two lateral ventricles are rela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neural Ensemble: Encyclopedia Ii - Neural Ensemble - Background
The concept of neural ensemble dates back to the work of Charles Sherrington who described the functioning of the CNS as the system of re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Regions In The Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Regions In The Human Brain - Organization
Anatomical regions are listed vertically beneath Brain according to typical hierarchies. Functional, connective and developmental regions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frontal Lobe: Encyclopedia Ii - Frontal Lobe - Function
In the human brain, the precentral gyrus and the related cortical tissue that folds into the central sulcus comprise the primary motor co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anosognosia: Encyclopedia Ii - Anosognosia - Neurology
Anosognosia is relatively common following brain injury (e.g. 20-30% in the case of hemiplegia/hemiparesis after stroke), but can appear ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Acuity: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Acuity - Physiology Of Visual Acuity
Visual acuity is defined as the eye's ability to resolve fine details. To achieve this, the eye's optical system has to project a focused...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Cortex: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Cortex - V4
Visual area V4 is one of the visual areas in the extrastriate visual cortex of the macaque monkey. It is located anterior to V2 and poste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippocampus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippocampus - Anatomy
Although there is a lack of consensus relating to terms describing the hippocampus and the adjacent cortex, the term hippocampal formatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plantar Reflex: Encyclopedia Ii - Plantar Reflex - Interpretation
The extensor response can indicate damage of the spinal cord in the thoracal or lumbar region, or brain disease. Occasionally, a patholog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopallium: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopallium - Anatomy
The neopallium consists of grey matter surrounding the deeper white matter of the cerebrum. While the neopallium is smooth in rats and so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebrospinal Fluid: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebrospinal Fluid - Physiology
Cerebrospinal fluid also occupies the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord. It is mainly produced by the choroid plexus, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebrospinal Fluid: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebrospinal Fluid - Physiology
Cerebrospinal fluid also occupies the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord. It is mainly produced by the choroid plexus, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Respiratory Acidosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Respiratory Acidosis - Types Of Respiratory Acidosis
Respiratory acidosis can be acute or chronic. In acute respiratory acidosis, the PaCO2 is elevated above the upper limit of the reference...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telencephalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Telencephalon - Cell Regeneration
Telencephalon - Xenopus laevis. In a study of the telencephalon conducted in Hokkaido University on African clawed frogs (xenopus laev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Regions In The Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Regions In The Human Brain - Cerebrospinal Systems
List of regions in the human brain - Neuronal systems. central nervous system peripheral nervous system somatic nervous system autono...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neural Ensemble: Encyclopedia Ii - Neural Ensemble - Encoding
Neuronal ensembles encode information in the way somewhat similar to the principle of Wikipedia operation - multiple edits by many partic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ventricular System: Encyclopedia Ii - Ventricular System - Role In Disease
Diseases of the ventricular system include abnormal enlargement (hydrocephalus) and inflammation of the CSF spaces (meningitis, ventricul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Palsy - Types
Cerebral palsy - Classified by group of muscles involved. Based on the group of muscles involved (typically only used to further descri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basal Ganglia: Encyclopedia Ii - Basal Ganglia - Connections
Classically, these nuclei were considered to be connected as shown (left). The striatum is the primary (but not exclusive) input zone for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norepinephrine: Encyclopedia Ii - Norepinephrine - Antidepressants
Changes in the norepinephrine system are implicated in depression. SNRIs treat depression by increasing the amount of serotonin and norep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Palsy - Incidence And Prevalence
Prevalence is best calculated around the school entry age of about six years. In the industrialized world, the incidence is about 2 per 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Palsy - Cause
Since cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders, there is no exact known cause. Some major causes are asphyxia, hypoxia of the brain,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neural Pathway: Encyclopedia Ii - Neural Pathway - Functional Aspects
In general, neurons receive information either at their dendrites or cell bodies. The axon of a nerve cell is, in general, responsible fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Palsy - Imaging Findings
Cerebral palsy - Soft Tissue. Soft tissue findings consist largely of decreased muscle mass. Cerebral palsy - Bones. In order for bon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telencephalon: Encyclopedia Ii - Telencephalon - Programmed Cell Death
Telencephalon - Purpose. Programmed Cell Death (PCD) is not uncommon within the telencephalon or it's sub-regions. It is thought to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Function
The human brain is the seat of the human mind - the set of cognitive processes related to perception, interpretation, imagination and mem...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article