The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...

The objective was to report the first pathologically confirmed case of partly functionally preserved medulla oblongata in a patient with catastrophic traumatic brain injury. A patient is described ...

A 71 year old man was admitted for a myocardial infarction following which he was successfully resuscitated for a cardiac arrest secondary to ventricular fibrillation. He was intubated and ventilated ...

Brain stem parts anatomical model in educational labeled outline... Brain stem parts anatomical model in educational labeled outline diagram. Biological sections location with titles scheme vector ...

The accessory nerve provides motor function (movement) to two muscles essential to neck and shoulder movement, the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and the trapezius, as well as to the larynx (voice box) and ...

The physiological mechanism by which ischemic and hypoxic damage near the lesion after stroke interferes with sleep–wake is that neuronal populations such as the basal ganglia prebrain, thalamus, ...