The Human Brain

Male and female 3D gross human anatomy models Each model includes 4, 600+ structures. All body systems covered: nervous (brain, nerves, sensory organs), skeletal (ligaments and bursae), circulatory…

Much of the brain s physiological task involves receiving information from the rest of the body, interpreting that information, and then guiding the body s response to it. Types of input the…

Early in Alzheimer’s, connections between neurons begin to wither and die. One of the defining features of AD, this synapse loss underlies cognitive impairment, but has proven hard to track in…

The human brain contains about 10 billion nerve cells, or neurons. On average, each neuron is connected to other neurons through about 10 synapses. (The actual figures vary greatly, depending…

In this Special Topic, we highlight how newly emerging techniques for non-invasive manipulation of the human brain, combined with simultaneous recordings of neural activity, contribute to the…

(Associated myth: The Bigger the Brain the Smarter You Are) While scientists can t agree on a single definition of “intelligence, ” they generally concur that humans are the most intelligent…

UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct…

It seems like a lot of people connected through being friends or relatives of friends are dying right now. Since Thanksgiving, not a week goes by without my hearing of one or two more. My dear…

You re in the middle of a meeting at work, but your mind keeps drifting to the parent–teacher conference you have tonight and the dry cleaning you have to pick up on the way home and how you…

A domain-general framework for interpreting data on human functional brain development is presented. Assumptions underlying the general theory and predictions derived from it are discussed. Developmental…

Together, the brain and spinal cord form the central nervous system. This complex system is part of everything we do. It controls the things we choose to do - like walk and talk - and the things…

The Four Lobes The brain can be divided into four sections, known as lobes.. Image by John A Beal, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport The cerebral cortex can be divided…

Brain and Behavior Health and Science General Conference Skill Level 2 Year of Introduction: 1 1. Be able to label a diagram or a model of a human brain including the following parts and tell…

The NIMH Image Library is a searchable database of photographs and illustrations that are available, copyright free, to the public at no cost. The Library contains images of general biomedical…

Colour is a perceptual interaction arising from our ability to discriminate between different wavelengths of light from within a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Light itself has no…

The human brain can be divided into three sections. In this lesson, we ll examine the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain, as well as the major structures in each. We ll also cover the function…

The Federation of Robots for Ethics and the Environment (FREE) started off as a couple of guys that found a Bramble in a ditch. Seriously damaged with its head blown off, the skirmish that had…

Volume Rendering of an MRI scan of the brain. Cerebral atrophy due to aging. Stereoscopic view. Rendering done with a Carestream workstation. Note that the Volume Rendering required some extra…

Gregor T. Overney, Ph.D. Sunnyvale, California, USA Fibrous Astrocytes (Objective 40x) Introduction The human brain is the most wonderful system known to us. It is the control center for all…

Read the story about the award-winning research Our brains are amazing: they control our movements, thoughts and memories, regulate our body temperature and influence our emotions. But they’re…

The human brain is a little bit less of a mystery today, thanks to new maps from neuroscientists at Washington University Medical School. Not only did they identify more brain regions than previous…

Van Wedeen strokes his half-gray beard and leans toward his computer screen, scrolling through a cascade of files. We’re sitting in a windowless library, surrounded by speckled boxes of old letters…

I have started my professional journey in the year of 2007 by joining Bachelors degree in the stream of Bio-Medical. I am more passionate about learning the functions and anatomy of human body…

So decided to do a South America bicycle trip and to document it for others entertainment. for more info. Please note these are rough notes and will be added to. Argentina where the car accident…