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Human Brain |
Human brain development, forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord.
Cerebral cortex: frontal lobe, prefrontal cortex, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, Broca's area, auditory cortex, occipital lobe, Wernicke's area.
Brain cells: Neuron, dendrite, microglia, oligodendrocyte, astrocyte, axon, synapse.
Blood-brain barrier: Astrocyte, transporter, endothelial cell, pericyte.
Pituitary gland: Hypothalamus, pituitary stalk, posterior lobe, capillaries, anterior lobe, thyroid.
Surrounding layers: Arachnoid mater, dura mater, blood vessels in subarachnoid space, pia mater, connective tissue, white and gray matter.
Self-cleaning: Cerebrospinal fluid, astrocyte, waste removal.
Neurotransmitters: Adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine, oxytocin, GABA, acetylcholine, glutamate, endorphins, serotonin.
Emotions: Anterior and posterior cingulate cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, septal nuclei.
Placebo: Cingulate cortex, insula, thalamus, nucleus accumbens, amygdala, ventral tegmental area, periaqueductal gray matter.
Memory: Frontal lobe, putamen, amygdala, temporal lobe, hippocampus, cerebellum, parietal lobe, caudate nucleus, thalamus.
Memory types: Sensory, short-term, long-term procedural, declarative, episodic.
Eyes: Optic nerve, optic chiasma, optic tract, thalamus, membrane, occipital lobes.
Music: Parietal lobe, frontal lobe, superior temporal gyrus, planum temporale, auditory cortex, limbic circuit, insula.
Timing: Cerebellum, basal ganglia.
Consciousness
Ethics
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?, Zheng and Meister, 2024
Simulation and assimilation of the digital human brain, Lu et al, 2024
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