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☆☆☆☆☆It is located just behind the central sulcus in the parietal lobe of the brain.
When an electrical signal, or impulse, reaches the end of an axon it triggers chemicals called transmitters. The electrical signals then become chemical ones as the transmitters cross the synapse, the gap between an axon and a dendrite. When they reach the dendrite of another neuron they spark a new electrical signal that then travels the length of that nerve cell. And it does this over and over until it reaches its destination.
sulci
the upper brain stem, the medulla, the pons, and the cerebellum
cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, limbic system
corpus callosum
The theory of lateralization was developed to explain this phenomenon. The fields of brain study are always changing as scientists and psychologists learn more and more about how the brain functions.
the person might have difficulty understanding what he or she is hearing or with storing and retrieving memories associated with the senses.
Studies have found that individuals who had parts of the limbic system that were deteriorated may have suffered from what condition?
alzheimers disease
It includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus.
Alzheimer's disease affects memory while Parkinson's disease affects movement.
PET-Positron Emission Tomography
pituitary gland
