• ['se:pe:]) Offensive slang term derived from the abbreviation for cerebral pares "cerebral palsy" and meaning approximately "retard". Can be used as a derogatory...
    21 KB (2,741 words) - 23:27, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phineas Gage
    19th-century discussion about the mind and brain, par­tic­u­larly debate on cerebral local­i­za­tion,​​[M]: ch7-9 [B] and was perhaps the first case to suggest...
    144 KB (13,870 words) - 07:14, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Trigeminal cave
    along the posterior aspect of the cave, representing a continuation of the cerebral basal cisterns. It is named for Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder. This...
    2 KB (195 words) - 09:06, 13 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Concussion
    deregulation of energy use and cellular metabolism, and a reduction in cerebral blood flow. Excitatory neurotransmitters, chemicals such as glutamate that...
    118 KB (12,201 words) - 09:00, 7 October 2024
  • continuous cranium housing four cerebral hemispheres. An incomplete dural septum typically separates the flattened cerebral hemispheres. In total vertical...
    31 KB (3,630 words) - 15:40, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Henry II of France
    to his death by sepsis on 10 July 1559. His autopsy found that he had a cerebral abscess and the infection that he got through sepsis may have travelled...
    31 KB (3,201 words) - 17:28, 25 July 2024
  • stating "Kimbra has returned with A Reckoning - an album that smartly pares back the excesses of its predecessors and highlights the nuances of both...
    10 KB (639 words) - 06:52, 20 June 2024
  • Dahmer"; these included bleating and simulating epileptic seizures or cerebral palsy at school and local stores. Occasionally, Dahmer would perform these...
    179 KB (19,885 words) - 15:21, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Medical Renaissance
    fissures that are inside of the brain. In Tabulae Pictae, he described the cerebral fissure that separates the temporal lobe from the frontal lobe. He also...
    16 KB (1,950 words) - 15:26, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Amygdala
    amygdalē, 'almond', 'tonsil') is a paired nuclear complex present in the cerebral hemispheres of vertebrates. It is considered part of the limbic system...
    69 KB (8,009 words) - 01:08, 16 September 2024