Almost there, HL’s!

Check out the excellent resources from the NewScientist: The Human Brain

PBS has a great site called The Secret Life of the Brain (with 3D animation), and there’s Slate’s special issue on The Brain.

Class presentation:

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Essential Biology E5: The Human Brain

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Regions of the brain:

PBS: 3D brain animation

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Evidence for functions of brain structures

Reader on brain technologies, from Nature

How does fMRI work? Video from 60 minutes:

Investigating Broca’s area:

Ferrier’s animal experiments reader (from 1881)

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Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic control

Simple animation from GFisk

Heart rate control animation, from McGraw Hill

Put some ACh into it, music video:

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Pupillary Reflex

Pathways of the pupil reflex animation from Utah Medicine

How to test the pupil response:

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Perception of Pain

Pain pathways animation, from Bay Area Pain Medical

Pain is in the brain:

Effect of endorphins on pain, from Wadsworth Psychology

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Do fish feel pain? Reader from Science Daily