Upper-Brain
Locations
Locations
Frontal Lobe
Top-front most area of the brain.
Thalamus
Top of the brainstem, the farthest structure into the brain (that is attached to the brainstem).
Temporal Lobe
Processes auditory information, also helps with organization, and memory.
Medulla, what happens when damaged?
Your basic life-support system, controls function like breathing, blood-flow, and muscles of organs. Damage to the medulla can cause death.
Dopamine
The neurotransmitter that helps you feel pleasure.
Temporal Lobe
Located just above the ear.
Medulla
Bottom of the brainstem, below the reticular formation and thalamus.
Occipital Lobe
Processes visual information like light, movement, and color.
Brainstem
Contains the medulla, reticular formation, and thalamus. Sends information from your brain to the spinal cord and to the rest of the body.
Melatonin
The neurotransmitter that makes you feel tired and helps you to sleep.
Occipital Lobe
Back-lower most area of the brain, below the rest of the lobes, above the cerebellum.
Brainstem
The stem can either be thought of growing out of the brain like a tail, or blossoming into the brain from the spinal cord.
Frontal Lobe
In charge of personality, behavior, judgement, emotions, planning, and problem solving.
Thalamus
Like a brain intersection that sends information to the sensory areas of the cortex for processing.
Serotonin
The neurotransmitter that helps to stabilize our mood.
Parietal Lobe
Located at the back of the brain, above the temporal and occipital lobes.
Limbic System
Ring of structures at the border of the cerebral cortex and brainstem.
Parietal Lobe
Interprets language and words, information from vision, hearing, sensory, and motor nerves. Also helps with spatial and visual processing.
Limbic System
Helps regulate important bodily functions like breathing, temperature regulation, fear, anger, memory, thirst, and hunger.
Acetylcholine
The neurotransmitter sent to your motor nervous system that helps activate and control your muscles.
Sensory and Motor Strip
Sandwiched in between the frontal and parietal lobes, above the temporal lobe.
Cerebellum
Located at the bottom of the actual brain, behind the brainstem (the little brain).
Sensory and Motor Strip
The motor strip is in charge of movement of the body and the sensory strip is in charge of the sensation of touch, like understanding temperature and pain.
Cerebellum
Controls fine voluntary movements and balance. Damage to the cerebellum may allow you to still be able to move, but you would lose the ability to control fine areas of your body like your fingers.
How does a neurotransmitter travel?
It is created in the brain and is sent to other neurons, cells, muscles, or glands through neurons and the process of a neuron firing, prompting action from the body, such as drowsiness, happiness, etc.