Sancheeta Kaushal

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Understanding the Brain - The Neurobiology of Everyday Life!

Week 1:

  • Locked-in Syndrome
  • Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Four functions
    • Voluntary Movement
      • MotorNeurons
      • Brain Stem or Spinal Cord
    • Perception
      • Awareness of a Sensation
      • Forebrain -> Cerebral Cortex
    • Homeostasis
      • Process of maintaining of healthy internal conditions
      • Forebrain(Hormonal Changes), Brain Stem and Spinal Cord
    • Abstract Functions
      • Emotions, Thinking, Language, Memory
      • Forebrain
  • Brain Stem (Hind and Mid Brain) -> Cerebellum
  • Foramen Magnum hole in the base of Skull from which Spinal Cord passes
  • Neurons
    • Unique as they are longest cells in the body
  • Parts of Neurons
    • Cell body/Soma contains Neucleous
    • Dendrites (Dendritic Tree/Dendritic Arbor)
    • Axon (Synaptic Terminal at the end)
    • Synapse