Join the Mouse Party

This is an interactive tool from the University of Utah describing how particular drugs affect the brain.  Click on the picture below to visit the Mouse Party.

Boy Without a Cerebellum

A Journey Through The Brain

Happy Mother's Day and AP Bio Test Well Wishes

I'm sure that more than a few of my student's are taking the AP Bio test tomorrow.  This little video is better late than never, a quick review and a sweet little tribute to Mother's everywhere.  Enjoy!

Just When You Think You Understood the Brain

Last week if you'd asked what would happen if someone were born without a cerebellum or pons I would have said they wouldn't live very long. (Maybe just seconds) So when Melissa L. passed on this link I was shocked. Apparently the doctors were too. It is a story of a boy born without a cerebellum or pons.

Chase Britton, Boy Without a Cerebellum Baffles Doctors

Alien Hand Syndrome

This one sounds a little "out of this world," but it is really just a disorder that shows how the brain can do some amazing and surprising things.  Here is a link to an article on the BBC website about a recent case of Alien Hand Syndrome:

  "Alien Hand Syndrome Sees Woman Attacked by Her Own Hand"