Cerebral cortex

and dreaming occurs” (What is). REM sleep is triggered by signals sent to different areas of our brain, these signals are primarily sent to our cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex is what makes us human more than anything and is responsible for our thoughts, how we perceive, and our understanding of language. While some of the signals sent from the cortex are important…

the hypothalamus, the basal ganglia, and the cerebral cortex. The limbic system processes emotions, how we recognize emotions, and how we express them. The thalamus sorts information coming from all these different parts. The Hypothalamus monitors pleasurable activities and releases hormones in response to emotions. The Basal Ganglia works with the cerebral cortex as well as the cerebellum to help you do movements such as riding a bike. The Cerebral cortex is what makes up 80% of the brain and…

The human body is a complicated thing. No one realizes what all goes through the mind just to do a simple task. The different anatomical features in the human body are many as are the physiological aspects in which all of these various organs and nerves work together. There are many types of tissues that come together make up the four main systems in the human body. These systems intertwine and jointly work together for a person to eventually phonate, breathe, or just walk around a room. The…

While learning the effects the mutated Huntingtin gene has on areas of the brain, such as the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex, it makes it easier to understand the progression of symptoms and why certain treatments are used. For example, the neurons affected throughout the basal ganglia tend to present motor symptoms later due to the extensive damage that has to occur…

structural differences. I was surprised to find out that there are structural differences, but I was even more surprised when I realized there are three structural differences. These structural differences include the ectopias and the symmetry in the cerebral cortex and the smaller nuclei in the thalamus. Although scientists do know these structural differences have an effect on the function of the brain for a dyslexic person, they do not know the…

large cerebral hemispheres also known as the telecephalon and a set of structures sit deep in the cerebellum called diencephalon. Diencephalon includes the thalamus, lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), hypothalamus, and posterior lobe of the pituitary. Thalamus allows all the sensory inputs (except for olfactory nerve) to go through to the somatic sensory regions of the cerebral cortex. LGN allows the signals to go from the optic nerve to process and going to multiple visual places in the cerebral…

cortical functional activity in patients with GAD. Results showed the increase in D2 values in all cerebral regions especially the left cerebral region and right temporal lobe while those with mild anxiety showed increased D2 values in the left prefrontal regions. According to Muzur, Pace-Schott, & Hobson (2002) the transition from waking to NREM is characterized by deactivation in the frontal cerebral cortex. This deactivation increases with the deepening of NREM sleep and stays the same during…

The sense of taste is not something that is unique to human. While some insect can taste things with their feet and fishes can taste with their whole body; human and other mammals are limited to their mouth. Human have 5 different types of receptor cells that responds to five primary taste: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami. Human are able to interacts with the world through the peripheral nervous systems which uses nerves to connect the body’s sensory organ to the central nervous system.…

Cerebral Palsy is a disability that affects a child for life. A child who is diagnosed with this disability has until the age of two for a complete diagnosis. Some children are born with this while others receive this diagnosis several months after birth. When being diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy mostly only the child’s brain is affected. This disorder results in several issues with the developing nervous system. These exact issues in the nervous system have yet to be found in clinical findings.…

system. Individuals with insomnia have a high cerebral metabolism in these areas during non-REM sleep. However, the cerebral metabolic rate decreases among individual with no insomnia during non-REM sleep. Accordingly, insomnia is due to the failure of the general arousing system to decline in activity from waking to sleep states. Moreover, I found out that some regions of the brain responsible for emotion (amygdala, hippocampus) and cognition (prefrontal cortex) were at some degrees involved…