Thalamus

information that have been dected through my eyes. In this experience I have recive a visual image of a snake in the corner of my eye, which is acctually a green ribbon on a stick when I looked at it again retaining the information. 2. I am the thalamus, who is loacted within each cerebral hemisphere. My function is to process and intergrate sensory information and to relay it to the cerebral cortex. During this experience I was invovled with regulatining the level of awarness and attention in…

Cardiovascular diseases are conditions that pertain to the heart and blood vessels that interfere with the normal functions of the body. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. The heart then acts as a pump and provides blood to all parts throughout the body. Occlusion due to plaque buildup interferes with blood flow. The arteries begin to narrow and blood flow is restricted to the brain. Brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die resulting in a cerebrovascular…

“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.” This biblical verse from the book of Corinthians implies that love is an everlasting essence to humanity and without it, life would have no meaning. Love is a natural human behavior that has been around since the beginning of the species. It is the warm, bubbly feeling of butterflies in the stomach, the sweaty hands, the flushed cheeks, and the racing heartbeat. Love is a universal symbol that puts one in an…

When looking at a sunset, we do not see it as a detailed, quantifiable object but rather as a being or a face that evokes various inexplicable emotions within us with its constantly changing and fluid expressions. It is difficult to understand how the varying hues of colour and light, the radiance of the sky and its transition into velvety darkness which softens the surrounding landscape, can induce such a surging up of emotion and how it has the power to alter our mood. Although every sunset is…

Have you ever thought about where dreams come from? We have all been there in the middle of the night, where a dream seems so real that you wake up thinking you have actually experienced it. Some people think dreams happen because we are recalling events that occurred earlier in the day, or maybe because we are able to have visions from the future, but do we really know their main origin? Aristotle once defined dreams as a perceptionless state where our senses of our outside stimulus are shut…

Definition: The prefrontal cortex is a part of the brain which is called the frontal lobe, specifically it the section (which is located at the top of the brain), that is responsible for helping us with making conscious: judgment decisions, solve problems, paying attention to detail, socializing, and intellect. Comment: I can definitely see the potential connection between the prefrontal cortex and the “social cognition” competency. Finding solutions in our social world requires high road…

Parkinson disease is commonly described as a progressive, neurodegenerative disease. It was first described in detail by James Parkinson in 1817. In his writing, “The Essay on the Shaking Palsy” he discusses signs of the disease that are still categorically descriptive of it today. Though not the first observation of the shaking palsy, his essay brought a lot of insight to the medical and scientific communities about this terrible, debilitating and incurable disease. Parkinson disease has…

injury affecting the axons or soma of sensory neurons, with their soma in the DRG, causes hyperexcitability that can lead to spinal sensitization and neuropathic pain (42, 43, 44, 45). Increasing evidence has also suggested a critical role of the thalamus in the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain has been associated with changes in thalamic anatomy, biochemistry, and perfusion (46, 47, 48).…

that came after the development of the “old brain”. This small portion of your brain is vital in perception of emotions. The Hippocampus, Thalamus and Amygdala are two parts of this system whose main purpose is to control emotion. The hippocampus is in charge of memories, and how we perceive them , the amygdala is responsible for perceiving fear, and the thalamus processes sensory data. All of these emotions are controlled by neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemical substances that…

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,…