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Cerebellum

(Science: anatomy) part of the vertebrate hindbrain, concerned primarily with somatic motor function, the control of muscle tone and the maintenance of balance. Important model for cell migration in developing mammalian brain owing to well studied migratory pathway of the granule neuron and to the existence of the neurological mutant mouse weaver in which granule cell migration fails.


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PostSynaptic Neuron

... stuff over and over trying to understand. The second question is, 2. Your ability to understand and answer a question is controlled by your... A. Cerebellum B. Cerebral Cortex C. Medulla D. Hypothalamus The Cerebellum being the region of the brain to control muscle movement The Cerebral Cortex, ...

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by Asanii
Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:28 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PostSynaptic Neuron
Replies: 3
Views: 121

peripheral nervous system

... in the spine. All your skeletal muscles are in a permanent state of mild contraction called muscular tonus, which is a reflex that closes in the cerebellum. In neurodegenerative disorders, what happens is that commands don't travel smoothly from the cortex to your muscles, things get screwed ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:01 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: peripheral nervous system
Replies: 3
Views: 1571

Please help!

... the opposite directions. This causes in one ear hyperpolarization and depolarization in the other. Impulses are send to vestibular apparatus and cerebellum, that further initiate appropriate compensation to keep your body balanced. If this is correct, than what happens when we spinn off balance? ...

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by Vangeek
Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:19 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Please help!
Replies: 2
Views: 844

Ununiform blood flow to the hemispheres of the brain

... once the arteries become blocked. Many elderly folk are aware of giddiness if they extend their necks, temporarily cutting off blood flow to the cerebellum with inadequate supply from the other vessels through the Circle of Willis. Major cerebral vascular accidents have occured (though rare) ...

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by genovese
Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:58 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Ununiform blood flow to the hemispheres of the brain
Replies: 7
Views: 760

On Animal Intellegence...

... high in intellegence don't fit all the above criteria, however, for example, the dolphins are intellegent in the sense that they have a large cerebellum/cerebrum, and rats are always associated with intellegence due to their capacity to learn and adapt to a situation yet have comparitivly ...

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by Flavious
Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:41 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: On Animal Intellegence...
Replies: 5
Views: 1293
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