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LAS LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS EN LA DIFUSIÓN DE LAS CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS Y DE LA SALUD
English for Medicine
Brain Facts
Inicio
English
Capítulos
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Part 1: Introduction to the Brain
Chapter 1: Brain Basics
Part 2: Sensing, Thinking and Behaving
Chapter 3: Senses and Perception
Chapter 4: Learning, Memory and Language
Chapter 6: Sleep
Part 3: Across the Lifespan
Chapter 7: Stress
Part 5: Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 11: Addiction
Chapter 13: Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 14: Injury and Illness
Ejercicios
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Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Juegos
Glosario
Referencias
Reference Section
Definitions were drawn from:
(1)
Collins Concise English Dictionary. Copyright by HarperCollins Publishers
(2)
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English. Copyright 2016.
(3)
WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English. Copyright 2016.
(4)
‘Alois Alzheimer’ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Alzheimer
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(5)
‘Cerebral cortex’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_cortex
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(6)
‘Sulcus (neuroanatomy)’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulcus_(neuroanatomy)
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(7)
‘Amygdala’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016
(8)
‘Forebrain’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forebrain
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(9)
Basal ganglia’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_ganglia
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(10)
‘Thalamus’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalamus
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(11)
‘Hypothalamus’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(12)
‘Midbrain’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midbrain
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(13)
‘Corpora quadrigemina’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpora_quadrigemina
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(14)
‘Hindbrain’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindbrain"
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(15)
‘Pons’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016.
(16)
‘Medulla oblongata’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medulla_oblongata
Retrieved on June 21st, 2016. (
(17)
‘White matter’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_matter
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(18)
‘Grey matter’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_matter
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(19)
‘Soma (biology)’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(20)
‘Synapse’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(21)
‘Dendrite’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrite
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(22)
‘Axon’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axon
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(23)
‘General Psychology. The Neuron’ At:
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/theneuron.html
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(24)
‘Neuron’ The Visual Dictionary. At:
http://www.infovisual.info/03/041_en.html
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(25)
‘The Myelin Sheath’ In: Basic Neurochemistry: Molecular, Cellular and Medical Aspects. 6th. Edition. At:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27954
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
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‘Glia’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glia
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
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‘Oligodendrocyte’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligodendrocyte
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(28)
‘Schwann cell’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwann_cell
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(29)
‘Action potential’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016. Also from ‘Communication within an individual neurone’ In Good Brain, Bad Brain, 2.2. At:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/goodbrain-bad-brain-basics/4/steps/89675
Retrieved on June 22nd and Jone 25th, 2016, respectively.
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‘Neurotransmitter’ from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotransmitter
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
(31)
‘Neuromodulator’ from The Free Dictionary by Farflex. At:
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/neuromodulator
Retrieved on June 22nd, 2016.
Futher Reading
Neuroscience for kids. At:
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Last retrieved on June 25th, 2016. Chack the ‘explore’ section.
Videos
Neurons and What they Do – An Animated Guide. At:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNkAuX29OU
Last retrieved on June 25th. 2016.
The Nervous System, Part 2 – Action! Potential!: Crash Course A&P. At:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZG8M_ldA1M
Last retrieved on June 25th, 2016.
Action Potential Explained – The Neuron. At:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmUjvgoO0A
Last retrieved on June 25th,2016.
The Schwann Cell and Action Potential. At:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJe3_3XsBOg
Last retrieved on June 25th, 2016.