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(Science: radiology) Cyanotic congenital heart disease, e.g., tetralogy of fallot, most important predisposing factor, blood not filtered by pulmonary capillaries ...

 


The Brain or Encephalon
General Considerations and Divisions."The brain, is contained within the cranium, and constitutes the upper, greatly expanded part of the central nervous system.

brain -- Collection of nerve cells usually located at the anterior end of an animal, when present at all. The nerves coordinate information gathered by sense organs, locomotion, and most internal body activities.

brain
The master control center in an animal; in vertebrates, the brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system.
brainstem ...

brain The most anterior, most highly developed portion of the central nervous system. PICTURE ...

midbrain A network of neurons that connects with the forebrain and relays sensory signals to other integrating centers. PICTURE
middle lamella A layer composed of pectin that cements two adjoining plant cells together.

The brain
receives sensory input from the spinal cord as well as from its own nerves (e.g., olfactory and optic nerves) ...

Brain functions
arousal - attention
consciousness - decision making
executive functions - language
learning - memory
motor coordination - perception
planning - problem solving
thought ...

Brain aneurysm is called a stroke
Atheroma increases the risk of blood clotting
Thrombus (blood clot) may break away and lodge elsewhere in the circulation (e.g. brain, heart)
Circulating thrombus is called an embolus ...

Brain areas such as the hippocampus, the amygdala or the mammillary bodies and are thought to be involved in certain kinds of memory. For example, the hippocampus is believed to be involved in spatial learning and declarative learning.

brain hormone. See ecdysiotropin.
bran The husk of a cereal grain; including the pericarp and seed coat of a cereal grain. The bran is removed in the processing of refined grains.
branch roots Lateral roots arising from the pericycle of a ...

midbrain; third region of vertebrate brain
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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The Brain Stem
Your brain stem sites at the base of the brain, and connects it to the spinal cord.

The brain's natural ability to form new connections in order to compensate for injury or changes in one's environment.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ...

The brain cells of Huntington's victims slowly degenerate, producing jerking muscles, slurred speech, swallowing difficulty, loss of balance, mood swings, reasoning and memory loss, incapacitation, ...

The brain actually works through electrical signals, so to really measure neuronal function you have to electrically record the activity of these neurons.

Region of the brainstem below the thalamus (diencephalon) constituing the floor of the ventriculus tertius ...

The postmortem brain tissue from individuals with schizophrenia and normal controls will be obtained from Standley Foundation Neuropathology Consortium.

77. The central nervous system (CNS) is composed of
a. sensory neurons
b. motor neurons
c. the brain
d. the spinal cord
e. cranial nerves ...

THEY'VE GOT THE BRAINS
Vertebrates are smart. Some of them are very smart. We mean you. Most vertebrates have very advanced nervous systems.

The problems happen when the red cell containing hemoglobin S gets into the muscles or into your brain and discharges the oxygen.

A neural network, or neural net for short, is a problem-solving method based on a computer model of how neurons are connected in the brain.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) A brain-imaging technique that takes advantage of (1) the fact that magnetic properties of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin are different and can thus be distinguished and (2) the fact that, ...

anencephaly - [no brain] condition of forebrain degeneration caused by failure of anterior neuropore closure and consequent prolonged contact of the forebrain with amniotic fluid.

- Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia (a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities) among older people.

The most anterior brain region of developing embryos which later divides into the telencephalon (most anterior brain region) and diencephalon.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): A disease of humans hypothesized to be caused by a prion, or a small protein, which alters the structure of a normal brain protein, resulting in destruction of brain neural tissue.

Shotgun sequencing: A way of determining the sequence of a large DNA fragment which requires little brainpower but lots of late nights.

Cerebrum the large‚ anterior portion of the brain
(cereb = the brain)
Cervical Vertebrae those in the neck region
(cervix = neck; vertebra = a joint) ...

The hormone released by the area of the brain known as the hypothalamus beginning at the onset of sexual maturity in both males and females is:
A.
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ...

The excess growth of astrocytes in the brain or spinal cord, usually occurring after injury to one of these parts.
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A common progressive neurological disorder that results from degeneration of nerve cells in a region of the brain that controls movement. The first symptom of the disease is usually tremor of a limb, especially when the body is at rest.

Head: The anterior region of an insect, which bears the mouthparts, eyes, antennae and houses the brain.
Herbicide: A substance used to kill or control weeds.
Hermaphroditic: Having both male and female sex organs in one individual.

Examples include muscle tissue, nervous system tissue (including the brain, spinal cord, and nerves), and connective tissue (including ligaments, tendons, bones, and fat). Organs are made up of tissues.

An in vivo imaging technique that detects tiny magnetic fields generated by electrical current loops, which are typically due to brain activity.
MAGNETOSOMES
Magnetic particles that are created within organelles.

The organelles serve as the protein production machinery for the cell and are consequently most abundant in cells that are active in protein synthesis, such as pancreas and brain cells.

Research program included projects on microbial molecular biology, molecular population genetics and brain receptor molecular biology.

Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome -- an autosomal dominant condition characterized by the anomalous growth and proliferation of blood vessels on the retina of the eye and the cerebellum of the brain; cysts and cancers in the kidneys, pancreas, ...

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