Somatosensory system

Cerebellum:The part of the brain located behind the top of the brain stem and has 2 halves. It controls posture,balance,coordination,and speech Cortical Complexity: Cortical complexity is the size of the cords built up inside the animal's brain Limbic System:( Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, Amygdala): Controls instinct and mood and also basic emotions(fear,happiness,sadness)/drives(hunger,…

Since it is the first time she has her own classes, it is sometimes quite stressful for her even if she likes her job. The past few years, she reported numerous neurological complaints which came and went affecting several different neurological systems. She experienced stumbling gait preceded by heat intolerance which led to a tendency to fall. She also experienced a periodically change in her visual acuity. Two months ago she had a real stressful time: preparing the upcoming exams for her…

The human body performs many complex processes on a daily basis it is a machine working overtime to make sure our bodies can function effortlessly and maintain homeostasis. Any disruption in the body and the body is ready to respond performing many complicated procedures to bring the human body back into balance. For example, if a person steps on a thumb tack many people would think that all that occurs is that the person feels pain and the individual jerks their leg in response due to that pain…

norepinephrine from the locus coeruleus neurons which project to the thalamus. This in turn relays the nociceptive signal to the somatosensory cortex, hypothalamus and hippocampus[4, 5]. Parts of the brain shown to be involved in decoding the pain stimulus to cause perception include the thalamus, sensory cortex, reticular formation and hypothalamus. The somatosensory cortex identifies the location and intensity of the pain. The brain also modulates the pain response through the use of…

All five of our different senses are important to have for a variety of reasons. They allow us to see, to feel, to hear, to smell, and to taste. There are also a lot of different parts of the body that allow us to experience these senses. If I had to choose which sense to lose though, I would choose to lose my sense of taste. One of our five senses is taste. The primary function of taste is to have us evaluate what we are eating. There are a few different areas that give us the ability to…

Methods: Subjects: The study conducted an analysis of effects of sport-related concussion over the years for athletes. The study was approved by the University Review Board. The research was performed with a total of 120 participants of each division of College athletics. The study was carried out on groups with about 45 concussed symptomatic athletes, 45 concussed asymptomatic athletes and 45 non-concussed control athletes. The group is divided into the groups for test and monitoring…

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system for most living things. There are only a few animals that do not have a brain like starfish or jellyfish. The brain is located in the head. It receives messages from other organs. The brain is the most complex organ. In a human, the cerebral cortex has more than a billion neurons. Each of these neurons are connected by synapses. These synapses are connected to several thousand other neurons. Neurons communicate with one…

stimulated, a message is sent through the nerve connections to an important part of the central nervous system, known as the spinal cord. The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord, which connects the brain with the peripheral nervous system. Melzack and Wall concluded that a section of the spinal cord, acts as a “gate”. This “gate” can stop messages from reaching the somatosensory cortex, which is located in the parietal lobe and is where touch, temperature,…

example for me is when I’m happy I can easily remember all the good times I had in high school playing football with my friends and winning a lot of games. I have a hard time remembering the bad times and the few games we lost. A dependent memory system is context dependent memories which is when you try to go back to a specific setting or place to remember or just being in a certain place makes you remember things. An example of this in the movie is when sadness in trying to get her and Joy…

Its 6am; the alarm goes off. This time Jack doesn 't scream or cover his ears. The once familiar feeling of each sound wave as they hit the sides of his skull; the agonizing echo bouncing in his head is gone. To many, noting this absence in response seems extreme; perhaps an exaggeration or overly dramatic, but to Jack, it 's a moment he never understood before. For him it 's the moment of knowing what it feels like to be "normal"; even if it 's just for this one time. Reaching this monumental…