brain activation
1Activation synthesis theory — is a neurobiological theory of dreams, put forward by James Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley in 1977, which states that dreams are a random event caused by firing of neurons in the brain. This random firing sends signals to the body s motor… …
2Brain ischemia — Classification and external resources CT scan slice of the brain showing a right hemispheric cerebral infarct (left side of image). ICD 10 G45.9, I67.8 …
3Brain size — is one aspect of animal anatomy and evolution. Both overall brain size and the size of substructures have been analysed, and the question of links between size and functioning particularly intelligence has often proved controversial. Brain size… …
4Brain — This article is about the brains of all types of animals, including humans. For information specific to the human brain, see Human brain. For other uses, see Brain (disambiguation). A chimpanzee brain The brain is …
5Brain in a vat — In philosophy, the brain in a vat is any of a variety of thought experiments intended to draw out certain features of our ideas of knowledge, reality, truth, mind, and meaning. It is drawn from the idea, common to many science fiction stories,… …
6Brain Sex — Infobox Book | name = Brain Sex title orig = translator = image caption = author = Anne Moir and David Jessel cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Social Science publisher = Michael Joseph (Penguin) release… …
7Brain stem — Infobox Brain Name = Brain stem Latin = truncus encephali GraySubject = 187 Caption = Hind and mid brains; postero lateral view. IsPartOf = Brain Components = Medulla, Pons, Midbrain Artery = Vein = BrainInfoType = ancil BrainInfoNumber = 218… …
8Brain natriuretic peptide — Peptide cérébral natriurétique Pour les articles homonymes, voir BNP. Le BNP ou brain natriuretic peptide ou peptide cérébral natriurétique ou encore peptide natriurétique de type B fait partie des peptides natriurétiques, c est à dire,… …
9brain — The brain contains something over 1011 neurons, each connected to something over three thousand others; this makes something over 1014 connections. If each connection is capable of ten different ‘weights’ or levels of activation, then the number… …
10activation — See activate. * * * ▪ psychology also called arousal in psychology, the stimulation of the cerebral cortex into a state of general wakefulness, or attention. Activation proceeds from various portions of the brain, but primarily from the… …
