Your awesome body: the brain.

Kidsworld Magazine;  September 1, 2001 ;   Goldstone, Gabriele;   566 words ......coordination and muscle movement. The Brain Stem The third major brain part is called the brain stem. It is just a bit fatter than a thick...and almost as long (7.5 cm). The brain stem has three main parts called the pons...

Glenn Brenner Succumbs to Brain Tumor at 44; Weeks Into Apparent Recovery,...

The Washington Post;  January 15, 1992 ;   David Brown;   787 words ......Brenner had a malignant tumor of the brain stem, Kobrine proceeded to "close," or...You cannot take tissue out of the brain stem," the neurosurgeon said. "If you...was the tumor's location in the brain stem, a structure whose importance can...

Consciousness in the raw: the brain stem may orchestrate the basics of...

Science News;  September 15, 2007 ;   Bower, Bruce;   787 words ......and external world depends on the brain stem, the often-overlooked cylinder of...the cortex. Merker argues that the brain stem supports an elementary form of conscious...vertebrates--which share a similar brain stem design--belong to the primary consciousness...

Part 1: a walking tour through the brain.(ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: Unraveling...

Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging;  November 1, 2007 ;     787 words ......it. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * The brain stem sits at the base of the brain. It...functions are crucial to survival. The brain stem controls the functions that happen...dreaming are also controlled by the brain stem. Other Crucial Parts Several other...

Surgical first clears brain stem artery.

Times of India (New Delhi, India);  January 27, 2005 ;     314 words ......a 95 percent blocked artery supplying blood to the brain stem on a 63-year-old patient who had suffered a second...arteries or vertebral arteries which supply blood to the brain stem. The brain stem controls functions like heartbeat, respiration and...

Diffuse cerebral anoxia and brain stem death

Synergy;  April 1, 2005 ;   Roberts, Sue;   787 words ...Introduction The brain stem comprises of the medulla, pons and the...formation is the central core of the brain stem and contains the vital reflex centres...destroyed, the condition is described as brain stem death.2 Anoxia is a condition in which...

Drugs change your brain: drug abusers may alter their brains forever.

Junior Scholastic;  November 24, 2003 ;     517 words ......Slowed breathing: Heroin acts on the brain stem to slow Breathing--sometimes so much...blood pressure. 3. Heroin acts on the brain stem, slowing the user's [] 4. Inhalants...KNOW YOUR BRAIN GLOSSARY, PART TWO Brain stem: The base of the brain, in charge...

Thoughts of The Times; An Explanation of Brain Death.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  February 9, 2000 ;     787 words ......principle parts of the brain -- the brain stem, diencephalon (thalamus and hypothalamus...cerebellum is located posterior to the brain stem. And the thalamus and hypothalamus are located at the top of brain stem within the cerebrum. Each part has...

MUSIC STIRRED HER DAMAGED BRAIN

The Boston Globe;  March 29, 2005 ;   Dr. S. Allen Counter;   589 words ......remnants of cerebral tissue, and a small brain stem. The conclusion by the attending...traveled up the spinal cord to the brain stem, but no farther in the absence of...test of electrical activity in her brain stem, the portion of the brain that controls...

Your brain at-a-glance.

Junior Scholastic;  January 5, 2004 ;     483 words ......section of your brain called the brain stem controls basic functions, such as...of death--because it affects the brain stem. Then, there's the limbic system...movements involved in everyday tasks; Brain stem: controls breathing, food digestion...

Mouse brain cells can be duplicated, study finds

Whittier Daily News;  November 14, 2006 ;   Elise Kleeman;   440 words ......how to increase the number of new brain stem cells in mice, paving the way for...Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis. Extra brain stem cells could be a powerful tool in...that such an increase stimulates brain stem cells is only the first step in encouraging...

Protein aids in brain repair

Pasadena Star-News;  November 15, 2006 ;   Elise Kleeman;   440 words ......how to increase the number of new brain stem cells in mice, paving the way for...Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis. Extra brain stem cells could be a powerful tool in...that such an increase stimulates brain stem cells is only the first step in encouraging...

Brains in Dreamland Scientists hope to raise the neural curtain on sleep's...

Science News;  August 11, 2001 ;   BOWER, BRUCE;   787 words ......a primitive structure called the brain stem stirs up strong emotions, especially...from random bursts of activity in a brain stem area that regulates breathing and other basic bodily functions. These brain stem blasts zip to the frontal brain during...

Those in vegetative state may seem alert, but brain science shows...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 7, 2003 ;   Burling, Stacey;   787 words ......purposely taking action, she said. The brain stem is a more primitive area that is...this state, both the cortex and the brain stem are damaged. The patient cannot be awakened. After about two weeks, the brain stem may begin to recover. A patient starts...

Girl to have risky surgery; Brain stem implant

The Press;  May 16, 2007 ;   GILBERT, Jo;   612 words ......which will cost up to $50,000. . Brain stem implant (Diagram of head, ear drum, and brain showing method of brain stem implant and location of the following...Inset: close up of) Pitch areas on brain stem: High, medium, low) . PLEASE SEE...