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Dictionary
brain : the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system enclosed in the skull and continuous with the spinal cord through the foramen magnum that is composed of neurons and supporting and nutritive structures (as glia) and that integrates sensory information from inside and outside the body in controlling autonomic function (as heartbeat and respiration), in coordinating and directing correlated motor responses, and in the process of learning — Webster
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Brain The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate’s body. In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately 15–33 billion neurons, each connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells. — Wikipedia
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Mind and Brain Portal (Wikipedia)
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Preservation
Museum
Brain Museum (University of Wisconsin)
Brain Museum AKA Museum of Neuroanatomy (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo)
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WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
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Brain and Cognitive Sciences (MIT OpenCourseware)
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
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Human Brain Project (EU) (Wikipedia)
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