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Brain

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. Being the most specialized organ, it is responsible for receiving…

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Greek
ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos)
Latin
cerebrum
MeSH
D001921
NeuroNames
21
Part of
Nervous system
TA2
5415

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Brain

Nodes423
Edges422
Triples276
Avg. degree2
Density0.004728
Components1

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Brain

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related to External links · 15
Brain → Archived, BBC Radio, Bottom, Ghostarchive, In Our Time, Jonathan Sawday, Marina Wallace, Matthew Cobb Royal Institution, May, McGill University, Our Quest, The Brain, Top, Understand, Vivian Nutton
related to history · 14
Brain → Alcmaeon, Although, Areni-1, Aristotle, Armenia, BCE, Croton, Democritus, Early, Hippocratic Corpus, On, Sacred Disease, The, The Greek
related to Learning and memory · 13
Brain → Almost, Already, BDNF, Because, Brain-derived, Cajal, In, Neuroscientists, Santiago Ramón, Since, Terje Lømo, Tim Bliss, Until
related to Vertebrates · 12
Brain → All, As, Brains, Cambrian, Each, For, In, Jawed, Mya, Predators, The, This
related to Neurotransmitters and receptors · 11
Brain → Because, Ca2, Dale's, GABA, Neurons, Neurotransmitters, Some, The, This, Thus, With
related to Cellular structure · 10
Brain → Axons, Each, Glial, In, Neurons, Some, The, These, They, When
related to Generic bilaterian nervous system · 10
Brain → All, At, Bilateria, Cryogenian, Except, It, Some, The, There, Using
related to Homeostasis · 10
Brain → Claude Bernard, For, Greek, In, Maintaining, Several, Some, The, These, This
related to Development · 9
Brain → As, At, Each, For, In, It, Neurons, Once, The
related to Motor control · 9
Brain → Among, At, Except, In, Motor, Other, Spinal, The, This

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neurons brains body areas vertebrates mammals system activity cortex nervous cells forebrain information control called cerebral structure also functions midbrain

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BrainGreekἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos)1.00infobox
BrainLatincerebrum1.00infobox
BrainMeSHD0019211.00infobox
BrainNeuroNames211.00infobox
BrainPart ofNervous system1.00infobox
BrainTA254151.00infobox
BrainTA98A14.1.03.0011.00infobox
Brainis aorgan that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals0.90text
Brainis acentral organ of the nervous system in birds0.90text
visioninstance ofusually near organs for special senses0.80text
hearinginstance ofusually near organs for special senses0.80text
and olfactioninstance ofusually near organs for special senses0.80text

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