Synaptic connexions in the mouse olivo-cerebellar system
homunculi
“I argue that dreaming is not a parallel state but that it is consciousness itself, in the absence of input from the senses”
Once people are awake, he argued, their brain essentially revises its dream images to match what it sees, hears and feels — the dreams are “corrected” by the senses.
abnormal brains
brain development
artistic pyramidal cells
funny explanation of brain development
mouse, pyramidal tract
homunculus: distorted human figure drawn to reflect the relative space human body parts occupy on the somatosensory cortex (sensory homunculus) and the motor cortex (motor homunculus). The lips, hands, feet and sex organs have more sensory neurons than other parts of the body, so the homunculus has correspondingly large lips, hands, feet, and genitals. Well known in the field of neurology, this is also commonly called ‘the little man inside the brain.’
Brain arteries, anterior view
Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy
