BIO SCI 35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phineas Gage, Medulla Oblongata, Blood Vessel
2 Oct 2018
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Bio 35 - lecture 1 - heroes and halfwits: mapping behavior to the brain. Do different parts of your brain control different behaviors, or is it a homogenous mass of tissue: different parts for different behaviors, homogenous mass. Medulla oblongata - processes information from the spinal cord and the cerebellum. Helps regulate breathing, heart and blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing, and swallowing. Had a dynamite launched a rod into his brain and he survived. Became fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity impatient of restraint or advice when it conflicts with his desires. Before the injury, he was a well-balanced, smart business man, energetic and persistent in all his plans. These behavior changes he had are in the executive function. Which lobe is responsible: frontal lobe, corpus callosum, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, the tentorium. Remove cerebellum person has intention tremors, slanted walk path, overshot movements.
