Neurons Firing

These are my posts specific to learning about the brain. Welcome to The Brain 101. In Apirl and May, 2007, I posted extensively about the brain’s physiology, followed by several summer posts covering the senses. Periodically, specific topics related to the brain’s physiology will be added at the top of this list.

Sheep Brain Dissection
Pre-Dissection
Pictures at a Dissection
Cerebellum Up Close (sheep dissection & discussion of human cerebellum)

Neuroplasticity
Intentional Wording
Time Out to Ponder
Core Dump
Plasticity
Ginger Campbell Interview with Norman Doidge
Plasticity in Progress (Carol Dweck & Lisa Blackwell)
Plasticity and Localization
Plasticity and The Senses: Paul Bach-y-Rita (polysensory)
Plasticity and Education: Barbara Arrowsmith (and Mel Levine)
Plasticity and the Brain: Merzenich and Taub
Plasticity: The Final Four

The Brain
4/10/07 – Brain Stats
4/12/07 – Left or Right (Hemispheres)
4/16/07 – Cerebellum
4/17/07 – Cerebellum.2
4/26/07 – Neurons
4/27/07 – Neuron Development
4/29/07 – Neurotransmitters
5/4/07 – Acetylcholine
5/5/07 – Dopamine
5/8/07 – Epinephrine aka Adrenaline
5/10/07 – Norepinephrine
5/15/07 – Melatonin
5/16/07 – Serotonin
5/17/07 – Endorphin
5/18/07 – Cortisol
5/19/07 – Neurotransmitters.2
5/20/07 – Food for Thought (Brain Nutrition)
5/21/07 – Reflections at 23 (with mention of Plasticity)

5/24/07 – STATES of Mind & the Small Yet Mighty Amygdala
5/25/07 – Amygdala – Small on Size, Big on Function
5/26/07 – The Hippocampus
5/27/07 – Pituitary, Hypothalamus & Thalamus
5/29/07 – Cerebrum, Cortex & Lobes
5/30/07 – The Brain Stem: Pons, Medulla & Reticular Formation
5/31/07 – Corpus Callosum
6/1/07 – Glia Cells

Back to Basics – includes links to informative and well-thought out “must visit” sites about the brain

The Senses:
The Eye and Seeing
Seeing Is Believing
Vases ~ Faces
How We Know What We See
Taste and Smell
Mussels in Brussels, Bagettes in France
Tastes like… Smells like…
Listening and Hearing
Listen with your Eyes
Hearing does not equal Listening
Sense of Touch
Touchy Feely
Touched by a Tickle