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It's not just us it's happening to--critical-care nurses and evidence-based...
As Yogi Berra observed, it's déjà vu all over again. We are not the first ones to grapple with what evidence-based practice means to us, nor will we be the last. Except for some details specific to...
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Looking into the abyss (#26/31)
It's not easy to face the realization of having been misled. And the misleading does not have to be intentional; it could have been done with the best intentions in the world. But those good...
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Campbell 2012: Skin cancer education among MTs (#27/31)
I can't really say much about the article itself until I get to the University later this week, and can get behind the paywall, but the abstract certainly served its purpose--it alerted me that this...
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What we are going to do in this course is this: for validated scientific anatomical knowledge, we are going to create and make openly available anatomical knowledge organization templates (KOTs),...
View ArticleNeuroanatomy limericks, by Christopher A. Moyer
All the memory-assisting limericks in this series are copyright of Christopher A. Moyer, who has generously allowed me to publish them here to support MT stakeholders in their learning about the brain...
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Limbic system
Limbic system"A set of brain structures that play important roles in regulating emotion and memory" (p. 76, Bernstein, D. A., Penner, L. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., & Roy, E. J. (2006). Psychology (7...
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Amygdala (limbic system structure)
Amygdala PTSD stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; the activity of the amygdala may be altered in persons with this anxiety disorder."A structure in the forebrain that, among other things,...
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Medulla
Medulla"An area in the hindbrain that controls blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and other vital functions" (p. 73, Bernstein, D. A., Penner, L. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., & Roy, E. J. (2006)....
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Cerebellum
Cerebellum"The part of the hindbrain whose function is to control finely coordinated movements and to store learned associations that involve movement""The human cerebellum has grown more than any...
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Hypothalamus (limbic system structure)
Hypothalamus A structure in the forebrain that regulates hunger, thirst, and sex drives" (p. 76, Bernstein, D. A., Penner, L. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., & Roy, E. J. (2006). Psychology (7 ed.)....
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Thalamus
Thalamus A structure "that relays signals from most sense organs to higher levels in the brain and plays an important role in processing and making sense out of your this information" (p. 76,...
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Hippocampus (limbic system structure)
Hippocampus H.M. is an actual person whose hippocampus was surgically removed to prevent seizures. Tragically, since its removal, he is unable to form new conscious memories."A structure in the...
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Suprachiasmatic nuclei
Suprachiasmatic nuclei"Nuclei in the hypothalamus that generate biological rhythms" (p. 76, Bernstein, D. A., Penner, L. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., & Roy, E. J. (2006). Psychology (7 ed.). Boston:...
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Locus coeruleus
Locus coeruleus A small nucleus in the reticular formation involved in attention, sleep, and mood" (p. 74, Bernstein, D. A., Penner, L. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., & Roy, E. J. (2006). Psychology (7...
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Substantia nigra and striatum
Substantia nigra and striatum [Note that, technically, this particular mnemonic (memory aid) poem is not a limerick. --RST] Substantia nigra: "An area of the midbrain involved in the smooth...
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