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  2. Brain as food - Wikipedia

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    Lamb brains sold as food Gulai otak, cattle's brain curry from Indonesia. The brain, like most other internal organs, or offal, can serve as nourishment. Brains used for nourishment include those of pigs, squirrels, rabbits, horses, cattle, monkeys, chickens, camels, fish, lamb, and goats.

  3. Central sulcus - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of the central sulcus is theorized to have occurred in mammals when the complete dissociation of the original somatosensory cortex from its mirror duplicate developed in placental mammals such as primates, [1] though the development did not stop there as time progressed the distinction between the two cortices grew.

  4. Neural network - Wikipedia

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    A neural network is a group of interconnected units called neurons that send signals to one another. Neurons can be either biological cells or mathematical models.While individual neurons are simple, many of them together in a network can perform complex tasks.

  5. Brain - Wikipedia

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    The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head (cephalization), usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing and olfaction.

  6. Otak-otak - Wikipedia

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    Otak-otak in Makassar, Indonesia Otak-otak seller pouring spicy peanut sauce. Grilling otak-otak in Malaysia Otak-otak being grilled on a street in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. Otah from Katong, Singapore. Otak-otak is widely spread on both sides of the Straits of Malacca. It is believed that the dish was a fusion of Malay (Palembangese) and ...

  7. Dopamine - Wikipedia

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    A dopamine molecule consists of a catechol structure (a benzene ring with two hydroxyl side groups) with one amine group attached via an ethyl chain. [14] As such, dopamine is the simplest possible catecholamine, a family that also includes the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and epinephrine. [15]

  8. Basal forebrain - Wikipedia

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    Acetylcholine is known to promote wakefulness in the basal forebrain. Stimulating the basal forebrain gives rise to acetylcholine release, which induces wakefulness and REM sleep, whereas inhibition of acetylcholine release in the basal forebrain by adenosine causes slow wave sleep.

  9. Human brain - Wikipedia

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    The human brain is the central organ of the nervous system, and with the spinal cord, comprises the central nervous system.It consists of the cerebrum, the brainstem and the cerebellum.