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brain Mass of nerve tissue which regulates all physical and mental activity; it is continuous with the spinal cord. Weighing about 1.5kg (3.3lb) in the adult (about 2% of body weight), the human brain has three parts: the hindbrain, where basic physiological processes such as breathing and the heartbeat are coordinated; the midbrain links the hindbrain and the forebrain, which is the seat of all higher functions and attributes (personality, intellect, memory, emotion), as well as being involved in sensation and initiating voluntary movement. The forebrain includes the highly fissured cerebrum that is the brain's most highly developed part. See also
central nervous system;
cerebrum
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Brain Exercise Comes to iPhone and iPod Touch[TM].
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 6/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...Dr. Kawashima's approved brain training games on the move...allowing Apple users to get their brain training fix. iPhone users can upload their brain age to the Global leaderboard and compete with the best brains in the world. They can also...
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Brain protein halts Alzheimer progression.
Newspaper article from: Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; 11/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...it from interacting with the brain tissue. "Based on animal studies...disease. "We have a mouse whose brain is bathing in toxic beta-amyloid...the study, then analyzed the brains of mice and noticed that the...When Stein treated the mouse brain with an antibody that prevented...
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Brain Preserves Ability to 'Feel' and 'Move' After Spinal Cord Injury in One Quadriplegic.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 12/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...LOUIS, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Brain regions involved in movement and feeling...severe spinal cord injury, areas of the brain normally responsible for some movements...The fact that there is stability in the brain despite a lack of input from the body is...
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Brain metastases patients' radiographic response at 3 months predicts survival.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 11/2/2004; 700+ words
; 2004 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For brain metastases patients undergoing whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), radiographic response in the brain at 3 months is a statistically significant predictor of prolonged...
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ADHD Brains Might Need More Growing Time.(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 11/12/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...teens with ADHD, the brain regions reached peak...studying children's brains for almost 20 years to...develop, and have done MRI brain scans of healthy children...processes going on in their brains. This may be the most...certain parts of the brain get larger to create...
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BRAIN INJURY spurs a fight for better tests.(Life-Health)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...a message. He digs through research on brain injuries, looks for people in the medical...create a better protocol for diagnosing brain injuries. But she realizes this mission...the things he used to do before his own brain injury upended their lives. Feuz, 49...
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Brain remapping may be key to recovery from stroke.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 12/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...paralysis due to stroke or traumatic brain injury may be able to reprogram their brains to improve motor skills and...and a "cyberglove" to record brain changes during motor activities...and in training strategies for brain-machine interfaces - conduits...
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"Brain" in a dish acts as autopilot, living computer.
Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week; 11/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...level. By watching the brain cells interact, scientists...interested in studying how brains compute," said Thomas...you think about your brain, and learning and...flexibility of the human brain, DeMarse said. In particular, brains can easily make certain...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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Brain scientists; Neuropathologist provides teen-agers with up-close look at human tissue transplants
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 3/2/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...human and monkey brains during a presentation...look at a monkey brain during last week...included monkey and rat brains. Later, the students...the leading edge of brain research, the issues...transplanting the brain cells of aborted fetuses into the brains of patients. The...
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Brain mapping: Should this controversial evidence be excluded?
Magazine article from: Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...brain have sustained injuries. Brain mapping is particularly popular...measure electrical activity in the brain. A computer, as opposed to...readings from supposedly "normal" brains. The results are then displayed...of electrical activity in the brain. Blue coloring represents...
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Brain-Based Education
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
BRAIN-BASED EDUCATION The overall goal of brain-based education is to attempt to bring insights from brain research into the arena of education to enhance teaching and learning. The area of science often referred to as "brain research" typically...
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Brain Tumor
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Brain Tumor A brain tumor is a mass of abnormal cells growing in the brain. Despite its frightening name, not all brain tumors are cancerous or fatal. KEYWORDS for searching the Internet and other reference sources Astrocytoma Ependymoma Germinoma...
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Brain
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Brain Part of the central nervous system located...and physical actions of the organism. The brain, with the spinal cord and network of nerves...such as breathing and heartbeat. The human brain is a soft, shiny, grayish white, mushroom...
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Right-Brain Hemisphere
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Right-brain hemisphere The hemisphere of the brain that neurologically controls the left side of the body and...imagination. In normal human adults, each hemisphere of the brain , working in concert with the other, performs certain types...
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Brain and Spinal Tumors
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Brain and spinal tumors Definition A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells (neoplasm) in the skull...destructive pressure on neural and support tissues. Although all brain tumors are contained within the rigid skull, tumors can exist...
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