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 - 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 - 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 - 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

Article - Peace Of Mind: Metta Bhavna For Good Health
Metta Bhavna is a Pali word meaning meditation of loving kindness. The Buddha taught this meditation in Metta Sutta to 500 monks to cu...   » 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Appetite: Encyclopedia - Appetite
The appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite exists in all higher lifeforms, and serves to regulate adequate energy i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebellum: Encyclopedia - Cerebellum
The cerebellum (Latin: "little brain") is a region of the brain that plays an important role in the integration of sensory perception and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auditory System: Encyclopedia - Auditory System
The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. On its path from the outside world to the forebrain, sound informatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bird Intelligence: Encyclopedia - Bird Intelligence
The level of intelligence in birds, as a scientific inquiry, has not been as thoroughly researched as similar questions regarding primate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia - Brain
In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for "in the head"), acts as the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homunculus: Encyclopedia - Homunculus
The concept of a homunculus (Latin for "little man", sometimes spelled "homonculus") is often used to illustrate the functioning of a sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electroencephalography: Encyclopedia - Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic measurement of the electrical activity of the brain by recording from electrodes placed on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuroimaging: Encyclopedia - Neuroimaging
Neuroimaging, meaning imaging the human brain with non-invasive techniques, is a fairly recent discipline within medicine and neuroscienc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muscle: Encyclopedia - Muscle
Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the other three being epithelium, connective tissue and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cephalic Disorder: Encyclopedia - Cephalic Disorder
Cephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to, or abnormal development of, the budding nervous system. Cephalic i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Acuity: Encyclopedia - Visual Acuity
Visual acuity (VA) is one of many components of the visual perception sense and is defined as the eye's ability to resolve fine details. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alien Hand Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Alien Hand Syndrome
Alien hand syndrome (anarchic hand or Dr. Strangelove syndrome) is an unusual neurological disorder in which one of the sufferer's hands ...   » 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

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Cerebrospinal Fluid: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebrospinal Fluid - Pathology
The cerebrospinal fluid has many putative roles including mechanical protection of the brain, distribution of neuroendocrine factors, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebellum: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebellum - Development And Evolution
During the early stages of embryonic development, the brain starts to form in three distinct segments: the prosencephalon, mesencephalon,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auditory System: Encyclopedia Ii - Auditory System - Bibliography
1) Golding, NL et al. Recordings from slices indicate that octopus cells of the cochlear nucleus detect coincident firing of auditory ner...   » 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 - History Of Neurology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Neurology - Anatomy And Physiology
The development of modern neurology began in the sixteenth century with Vesalius, who described the anatomy of the brain and much else; h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Brain Characteristics
While there is no physiological characteristic that unequivocally indicates intelligence in animals, scientists naturally focus on brain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music And The Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Music And The Brain - Development
Based upon the above evidence, it seems clear that music is an emergent property of rhythm, melody and linguistics; where the whole is mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Comparative Anatomy
Three groups of animals, with some exceptions, have notably complex brains: the arthropods (insects and crustaceans), the cephalopods (oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Coping With Stress
Individuals can respond very differently to the same stressor; any given situation can cause eustress in one person and distress in anoth...   » 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 - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Brain As Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Study Of The Brain
Although folklore about putatively 90% dormant human brain has proven scientifically unfounded, researchers until the mid 1990s focused o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuroimaging: Encyclopedia Ii - Neuroimaging - History
See main article History of brain imaging In 1918 the American neurosurgeon Walter Dandy introduced the technique of ventriculography. X-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Appetite: Encyclopedia Ii - Appetite - Role In Disease
A limited or excessive appetite is not necessarily pathological. Abnormal appetite could be defined as eating habits causing malnutrition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electroencephalography: Encyclopedia Ii - Electroencephalography - History
Richard Caton (1842–1926), a physician practicing in Liverpool, presented his findings about electrical phenomena of the exposed cerebr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Anatomy
The normal adult human brain typically weighs between 1 and 1.5 kg (three pounds) and has an average volume of 1,600 cm³ (98 in³). The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Neurobiology
Despite the variance of the species in which the brain is found there are many common features in its cellular make-up, its structure, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Importance Of The Brain
Brain - The brain in animals. Three groups of animals, with some exceptions, have notably complex brains: the arthropods (insects and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological [[...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Brain As Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motor Neurone Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Motor Neurone Disease - Pathology
Motor neurone disease - Causes. Nonhereditary (also called sporadic) MND are caused by unknown factors. Nonhereditary MND include ALS, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motor Neurone Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Motor Neurone Disease - Pathology
Motor neurone disease - Causes. Nonhereditary (also called sporadic) MND are caused by unknown factors. Nonhereditary MND include ALS, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Study Of The Brain
Brain - Fields of study. Several areas of science specifically study the brain. Neuroscience seeks to understand the nervous system, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Biology Of The Brain
Despite the variance of the species in which the brain is found there are many common features in its cellular make-up, its structure and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Platypus: Encyclopedia Ii - Platypus - Physical Description
The platypus's metabolic rate is remarkably low compared to other mammals, with a body temperature averaging 32°C (89.6°F) rather than ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Acuity: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Acuity - History
In 1843 Kuechler, a German ophthalmologist, developed a set of three charts, but his work was almost completely forgotten. In 1854 Jaeger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - When Is A Person Dead?
There is an asymmetry between life and death. While cells and organisms may die, they have never been observed to arise from non-living m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - When Is A Person Dead?
There is an asymmetry between life and death. While cells and organisms may die, they have never been observed to arise from non-living m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - Defining The Moment Of Human Death
There is an asymmetry between life and death. While cells and organisms may die, they have never been observed to arise from non-living m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borderline Personality Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Borderline Personality Disorder - Symptoms
While a person with depression or bipolar disorder typically endures the same mood for weeks, a person with BPD may experience intense bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motor Neurone Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Motor Neurone Disease - Epidemiology
MND has three major subgroups: primary lateral sclerosis (PLS, only the upper motor neurones are affected), progressive muscular atrophy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebellum: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebellum - Dysfunction
Patients with cerebellar dysfunction experience problems in walking, balance, and accurate hand and arm movement. Recent brain imaging st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - History
Ancient Greeks had differing views on the function of the brain. Hippocrates believed the brain to be the seat of intelligence. Aristotle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of conscio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Spontaneous Abortion
Spontaneous abortions, generally referred to as miscarriages, occur when an embryo or fetus is lost due to natural causes. A miscarriage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Induced Abortions
The term "abortion" is usually used by lay people to refer to induced abortion. Women from 27 nations reported the following reasons for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuroscience: Encyclopedia Ii - Neuroscience - Fields Within Neuroscience
There are many areas of study within neuroscience including: Molecular and cellular neuroscience: These two fields integrate neurobiolog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cephalic Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Cephalic Disorder - More Common Cephalic Disorders
Where known, the ICD-10 code is listed below. Cephalic disorder - Anencephaly Q00.0. See anencephaly Cephalic disorder - Colpocephaly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemotherapy - Side-effects
The treatment can be physically exhausting for the patient. Current chemotheraputic techniques have a range of side effects mainly affect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemotherapy - Side-effects
The treatment can be physically exhausting for the patient. Current chemotherapeutic techniques have a range of side effects mainly affec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borderline Personality Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Borderline Personality Disorder - Treatment
Treatments for BPD have improved in recent years. People with BPD, who are often distressed by at least some of their symptoms, typically...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Self-awareness
The ability to possess self-awareness shows highly-developed, abstract thinking. Self-awareness is the precursor to more advanced process...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Differences From Other Mammalian Brains
Although dolphins are themselves mammals, their brains are constructed and act differently than those of most mammals. Unlike most mammal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Definitions
In medicine, the following terms are used to define an abortion: Spontaneous abortion: An abortion due to accidental trauma or natural c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borderline Personality Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Borderline Personality Disorder - Treatment
Treatments for BPD have improved in recent years. People with BPD, who are often distressed by at least some of their symptoms, typically...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Health Effects
As with most surgical procedures, the most common surgical abortion methods carry the risk of potentially serious complications. These ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Health Effects
As with most surgical procedures, the most common surgical abortion methods carry the risk of potentially serious complications. These ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Communication
Dolphins emit two very distinct kinds of acoustic signals, which we call whistles and clicks. Clicks - quick broadband burst pulses - ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - The Brain As A Food
Like most other internal organs, the brain can serve as nourishment. For example, in the Southern United States canned pork brain in grav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visual Acuity: Encyclopedia Ii - Visual Acuity - Visual Acuity Expression
Visual acuity is often measured according to the size of letters viewed on a Snellen chart or the size of other symbols, such as Landolt ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Depression: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Depression - Relapse
Relapse is more likely if treatment has not resulted in the full remission of symptoms.4 In fact, current guidelines for antidepressant u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terri Schiavo: Encyclopedia Ii - Terri Schiavo - Early Life
Schiavo grew up in the Huntingdon Valley area of Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terri Schiavo: Encyclopedia Ii - Terri Schiavo - Early Life
Schiavo grew up in the Huntingdon Valley area of Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alien Hand Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Alien Hand Syndrome - Causes And Treatment
There are several distinct subtypes of Alien Hand that appear to be associated with specific types of triggering brain injury. Damage to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Abortion Law
The Soviet Union (1920) and Iceland (1935) were some of the first countries to generally allow abortion. The second half of the twentieth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Spontaneous Abortion
Spontaneous abortions, generally referred to as miscarriages, occur when an embryo or fetus is lost due to natural causes. A miscarriage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Incidence
It has been estimated that the total number of induced abortions performed globally is approximately 46 million per year. 26 million of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Abortion Law
The Soviet Union (1920) and Iceland (1935) were some of the first countries to generally allow abortion. The second half of the twentieth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Methods Of Inducing Abortion
Depending on the gestational age of the embryo or fetus, different methods of abortion can be performed to remove the embryo or fetus fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - History Of Abortion
The practice of induced abortion, according to some anthropologists, can be traced to ancient times. There is evidence to suggest that, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Definitions
Pregnancy is defined by the medical community as beginning at the implantation of the embryo. The following terms are used to define an a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - History Of Abortion
The practice of induced abortion, according to some anthropologists, can be traced to ancient times. There is evidence to suggest that, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis: Encyclopedia Ii - Health Issues And The Effects Of Cannabis - Thc And Cannabinoids
Health issues and the effects of cannabis - Biochemistry. The main component of cannabis that interacts with the brain and produces all...   » 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

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