PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Autonomic Nervous System, Aplysia
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Head end of the four legged animal. Front & back ( looking at brain in the face) Divided into top and bottom (hamburger bun) The flow of cerebral inside the brain is blocked (therefore can"t exit) and so pressure builds up inside cause the brain tissue is being pushed to the side. Enlarged ventricles occur during birth and surgery doesn"t necessarily correct the size problem. Cat scans to view effects of hydrocephalus. Normal brain = ventricles have a butterfly shape: tissue completely fills in the skull, distributes task evenly. Secreted in hollow spaces in the brain known as ventricles. Circulates through ventricles, subarachnoid space and the the central canal of the spinal cord. Brain receives nutrients from the carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. Functions in sharon"s brain have been re-distributed following. Can observe brain activity using xenon gas. How certain parts take over the damaged parts. In the end both individuals did end up developping quite normally.
