Lectures 33: The Brain

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Lectures 33 The Brain
09/10/99
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Motivating Question

• What is the brain and how does it work?

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The Human Brain (the Central Processor)
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Structure of one type of neuron
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Neuronal Organization
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Real Brain, Post Mortem View from Top
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Lateral View of Brain from the right side showing
Cerebrum, Cerebellum (lower left) and Brainstem
(partly obscured)
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View from Underneath The two hemispheres of the
cerebellum are on the right, located around the
brainstem
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A Close-up, from underneath
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The Brainstem
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Medial (Inside view) of the left hemisphere with
the back of the head to the left
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Corresponding View of Right Hemisphere
(Post-mortem brain)