Encephalon

Finally, Du Bois Reymond, in his famous discussion in 1880, on the seven enigmas of the world, speaks somewhat as follows: "The astronomical knowledge of the encephalon, that is, the most intimate to which we can aspire, only reveals to us matter in motion. ❋ Alfred Binet (1884)

Big brains are costly in terms of food and childbirth, and the development of our extraordinary encephalon could only be justified by making us adept at the complex social politics that come with a sophisticated language. ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

No doubt that all makes perfect sense to Byers higher encephalon processes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Your submissions are welcomed via encephalon.host @ gmail.com. posted by Sandra @ Monday, June 09, 2008 ❋ Sandra K (2008)

If only you knew what is going on in my encephalon you would understand. ❋ Princesa (2008)

During the course of terrestrial evolution, the brain (encephalon) of animal species also evolved. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The animal is easily satisfied; the encephalon is more demanding. ❋ Hall, Adam (1966)

A less common synonym for brain is encephalon (en-sef'uh-lon; "in the head" G). ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

The _central portion_ comprises the brain or encephalon and the spinal cord. ❋ R. A. Craig (N/A)

The central nervous system consists of the encephalon or brain, contained within the cranium, and the medulla spinalis or spinal cord, lodged in the vertebral canal; the two portions are continuous with one another at the level of the upper border of the atlas vertebra. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Brains win, in the journalistic world as elsewhere, and "blowing" a circulation were equivalent to employing a brass band to call attention to the abnormal size of the editorial encephalon. ❋ Unknown (1905)

He returned and began lecturing on China, but the dope was too much for his little encephalon. ❋ Unknown (1905)

In the mollusc, on the contrary, the retina is derived from the ectoderm directly, and not indirectly by means of the embryonic encephalon. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

Beyond this, it is an excitant of the cerebro-spinal axis, later it has a peculiar action on the encephalon, manifest in a wide range of psychical phenomena. ❋ Martha Meir Allen (1890)

Craniotes, it consists of two parts, the head-marrow or brain (medulla capitis or encephalon) and the spinal-marrow (medulla spinalis or notomyelon). ❋ Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1876)

It really occupies only its median and superior portion, and a small section of the anterior surface of the spinal cord, adjacent to the encephalon. ❋ Unknown (1856)