The spinal cord is very interesting because although it is in charge of sending information, it can also modulate this information a bit or give simple commands: for example, reflex movements such as the one that occurs when a doctor hits you with a hammer on the knee and extend your leg , this here the brain does not paint anything, they are all orders that come from the medulla.
And then we have the brain, which is where all the magic and fantasy arises: the information is processed and orders are sent to the rest of the body. Which by the way, in Spanish the word brain is a mess: in English they use the word brain to refer to the entire nervous system that is inside the skull (which in Spanish would be called encephalon), and they call the part of the brain cerebrum. upper brain, which in Spanish does not have a direct translation, although the cerebral lobes and other internal structures that make up the cerebrum do have their own names.
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About Neuropills:
Created, directed and presented by Pablo Barrecheguren (@pjbarrecheguren), Neuropíldoras (2018) is a scientific dissemination project made by Big Van Ciencia in collaboration with Muy Interesante and carried out with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FECYT).
