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Useful sites | Getting our heads around the brain

Good background information about the structures of the brain and their functions is available at:

• The brain is the boss (The Nemours Foundation, USA)
  http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/brain_noSW.html

• Parts of the brain (American Brain Tumour Association, USA)
  http://www.abta.org/siteFiles/SitePages/E3C6ACECEEB3873E1722853CA6259C30.pdf

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Split brains and other heady tales (ABC Radio National, 21 June 2008)
  A discussion of the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2008/2276587.htm

• Rebels and the cause – the adolescent brain (All in the Mind, 13 November 2004)
  Imaging technology is revealing that certain parts of the brain don't fully mature until well in to our twenties.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/stories/s1240968.htm

NeurOn (Neurolab Online)

The NeurOn project is part of the NASA Neurolab mission which is studying neurological and behavioural changes in space. Click on 'Background information' for an overview of the nervous system and a glossary of terms. Click on 'Teachers' lounge' for links to activities.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron

How your brain works (How Stuff Works, USA)

Examines the structures of the brain and what each structure does.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/brain.htm

Brain basics: know your brain (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, USA)

This introduction to the brain includes the architecture of the brain, how signals are sent through nerve cells and an overview of some key neurotransmitters.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/brain_basics_know_your_brain.htm

Brain briefings (Society for Neuroscience, USA)

A series of short articles on neuroscience discoveries. The articles are organised under the following headings: Brain and nervous system disorders, Nervous system repair, The senses, Sleep, Technology, Development, Drugs, Emotions, Brain mechanisms.
http://www.sfn.org/briefings

Seeing, hearing and smelling the world (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)

Covers the senses and nervous system.
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/