Blog Entries tagged 'Brain function'

Location and function

Doctor@JohnLTurner.com — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Lobar divisions were simple enough, so now we can go a bit more in depth. As you view the brain, there are several key landmarks that will interest you:

Looking at the brain, take note of the precentral and postcentral gyri. The convolutions are know as gyri and the dips between (the deep narrow furrows) adjacent gyri ar [...]

Neuron

Doctor@JohnLTurner.com — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Neuron:

This is a simplified artist's concept of the nerve cell or neuron of the human brain. The cell body extrudes dendrites which make contact with other neuronal cell bodies.

The axon extends as a process from the cell body and exhibits segmental insulation with sheaths of myelin produced by specialized cells known as Schwann cells. The [...]

Neural Networks

Doctor@JohnLTurner.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

For the next blog entry, neural anatomy and physiology will be discussed.

Remember, the number of possible neural connections is a figure that is greater than all the known particles in the universe! Although the actual connections made grow at a [...]

How much of our brain do we actually use?

Doctor@JohnLTurner.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

How much brain?

As promised, I want to begin a discussion of the often asked question, "How much of our brains do we really use?"

Before reading further, I ask you to zip to the end and leave a comment for your answer to this question:

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