________________
108
Neuroscience & Karma
Medulla oblongata : The hindmost part of the brain that provide the programs regulating essential activities such as breathing and bloodcirculation.
Memory : Act of summoning up the past or that of fixing of present data for future reference; the set of brain programs that allows addition of information to the programs already available for selfmaintenance.
Microneurons : Small nerve-cells that have no long axon carrying signals away to a distance. e.g. cells of retina in the eye. Mid-brain : The region behind the thalamus. It is concerned with programs for visual and auditory search. Neocortex : The most recently evolved part of the brain, essential for much of the special human programs such as those for seeing, thinking, speaking and planning. Nerve-cell-body: The main portion of a neuron, containing the nucleus. Nerve-impulse : The signal that passes without decrement along a nerve fibre, also called an 'action potential.' Neuroendocrine system : The integrated actions of nervous and endocrine systems, usually controlling slow processes such as growth. Neuron : A nerve-cell; the basic conducting unit of nervous system. It includes a cell-body with nucleus, receptive dendrites and an axon carrying nerve-impulses away. Occipital lobe : The lower portion of the cerebral cortex, containing the visual area.
Parietal lobe : The side of the cerebral cortex. It is concerned with touch and with programs involving several senses, such as language and information about spatial orientation. Pleasure centers/reward centers ; nerve-circuits within the hypothalamus and other limbic system sites where pleasurable feelings are believed to originate.
