(n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.
(n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.
(n.) The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding.
(n.) The affections; fancy; imagination.
(v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat.
(v. t.) To conceive; to understand.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
(2) The extents of phospholipid hydrolysis were relatively low in brain homogenates, synaptic plasma membranes and heart ventricular muscle.
(3) First results let us assume that clinically silent TIAs also (in analogy to clinically silent brain infarctions) could be detected and located.
(4) Brain and ganglia of embryonic Periplaneta americana were grown for 2 to 3 weeks in a chemically defined medium.
(5) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(6) To quantify the size of the lesion in mice, the area of the infarct on the brain surface was assessed planimetrically 48 h after MCA occlusion by transcardial perfusion of carbon black.
(7) However, CT will be insensitive in the detection of the more cephalic proximal lesions, especially those in the brain stem, basal cisterns, and skull base.
(8) The fine structure of neurofibrillary tangles in the hippocampal gyrus, substantia nigra, pontine nuclei and locus coeruleus of the brain was postmortem studied in a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
(9) We similarly evaluated the ability of other phospholipids to form stable foam at various concentrations and ethanol volume fractions and found: bovine brain sphingomyelin greater than dipalmitoyl 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine greater than egg sphingomyelin greater than egg lecithin greater than phosphatidylglycerol.
(10) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(11) In the present investigation we monitored the incorporation of [14C] from [U-14C]glucose into various rat brain glycolytic intermediates of conscious and pentobarbital-anesthetized animals.
(12) Cranial MRI revealed delayed myelination in the white matter but no brain malformation.
(13) When compared with lissencephalic species, a great horizontal fibrillary system (which is vertically arranged in gyral regions) was observed in convoluted brains.
(14) In more than 70 per cent of these, brain injury is the decisive lethal factor.
(15) Brain damage may be followed by a number of dynamic events including reactive synaptogenesis, rerouting of axons to unusual locations and altered axon retraction processes.
(16) Based on our results, we propose the following hypotheses for the neurochemical mechanisms of motion sickness: (1) the histaminergic neuron system is involved in the signs and symptoms of motion sickness, including vomiting; (2) the acetylcholinergic neuron system is involved in the processes of habituation to motion sickness, including neural store mechanisms; and (3) the catecholaminergic neuron system in the brain stem is not related to the development of motion sickness.
(17) The regional distribution of beta-adrenoceptor subtypes was found to be similar to that seen in the rat brain.
(18) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
(19) If tracer is introduced into the carotid artery after osmotic treatment, brain uptake is increased by a net factor of 50 (a factor of 70 due to elevation of PA, multiplied by 7 due to infusion by the carotid route) as compared to uptake by normal, untreated brain with infusion into a peripheral vein.
(20) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
Emporium
Definition:
(n.) A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.
(n.) The brain.
Example Sentences:
(1) With over 50,000 apps and more than 1bn downloads, it is hardly surprising that Blackberry, Nokia, Microsoft and Google have all now jumped on the app emporium bandwagon.
(2) Updated at 5.23pm BST 2.20pm BST Right, I have been unchained from the desk and I am going to use this freedom to escape from the building and visit the local sandwich emporium for some much-needed nourishment.
(3) It really is an emporium of everything inspirational.
(4) The suspected mastermind of the online drug emporium Silk Road is facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after a jury returned a guilty verdict at the end of a four-week trial that revealed a plethora of detail about US investigations into the use of the bitcoin digital currency for drug trafficking and other crimes.
(5) This brings you past The Emporium, bristling with superior souvenirs, many designed by local artists, such as Zoe Murphy and Keith Brymer Jones .
(6) "I offer Carl Zimmer's emporium of science tattoos ."
(7) A blue collar, white collar, no collar sort of place where couture punk, vintage clothes stores and mid-century modern furniture emporiums can be found.
(8) So when gobby northern powerhouse Sarah-Lou went into soap labour five weeks early in Tracy’s flower emporium, Preston’s Petals, she was horrified to find herself with only Todd and The Barlow on hand.
(9) A recent series of tornados cut a path of destruction a mile wide for greater than 40 miles (64 km), killed 20 people, and caused several hundred casualities on the evening of April 26, 1991, in Tornado Alley, which runs from the northern border of Oklahoma through southern Kansas past Wichita toward Emporium, Kansas.
(10) Alighting from Bengal in 1857, the tiger was the latest exotic addition to Charles Jamrach’s Animal Emporium on the deathly Ratcliffe Highway.
(11) Artisan makers are popping up all over the country: Gelupo , Sorbitium Ices and La Grotta Ices in London, Ginger's Comfort Emporium in Manchester and Affogato in Edinburgh being among the more ambitious.
(12) Having been sent the script for Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium on the Thursday, she knew immediately it was a goodie.
(13) As it happens, they are all the precise opposite of those things, which is just as well, as Elko is a small town, and it quickly becomes impossible to walk the few blocks between Biltoki, Stockmen's, the Folklife Center, the spectacular cowboy-wear emporium of JM Capriola (where you can eavesdrop on the involved process that is buying a hat) and the rejuvenating oasis of Cowboy Joe's coffee shop, without someone hailing you by name.
(14) "What has running government got to do with buying pretty frocks and underwear, which is the basis of a high street emporium?"
(15) Seven clean and well-lit floors of specialist shops, including the impressive K-Books manga emporium, anime figure merchants galore, used goods, replica firearms, even a store dedicated to yo-yos.
(16) In the 90s, fashion students and wannabe YBAs took over the northern end of the street, turning its former brewery buildings into vintage clothes emporiums and bars.
(17) The ASA banned the ads, which were created by UK agency Big Al's Creative Emporium, and ordered JTI not to make the assertions in future campaigns.
(18) And independent online retailers on the UK mainland have suffered as well as the high street: three years ago, Richard Allen was forced to shut The Freak Emporium , his British-based online business, because, he says, of the VAT loophole.
(19) One souvenir emporium has come up with a radical new city mascot, Melon Bear, whose aggressive snarl and bulging veins push the boundaries of cute into the realm of the creepy.
(20) It's 1974, I'm sitting across the street from Burberry's Haymarket emporium in London watching a gaggle of tourists come out of the store, each wearing the same dark blue raincoat and distinctive Burberry scarf .