Pretend Your Brain is Degenerating

The Center of Your Brain: The Basal Ganglia

Imagine that the center of your brain started to go bad…What do you think you would do? What do you think this would mean for you?

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Examples of A Degenerating Brain Center

Movement

Inhibition Control

Memory

Sleep

Pain

What Does Your Basal Ganglia Do?

1.) The Basal Ganglia is utilized in:

A.) movement control (moving and not moving)

B.) emotions

C.) memory

D.) sensory processing

E.) sleep regulation

F.) learning

G.) eye movement

H.) pain

2.) The Basal Ganglia can cause excessive behavior, and an extreme lack of behavior, both physically and cognitively (the mind) (“The Basal Ganglia,” 2000).

3.) According to a 2022 scientific journal article titled, “Altered Basal Ganglia Output During Self-restraint,” more recent studying shows that the Basal Ganglia involves firing rates, firing patterns, and “synchrony.”

Basal Ganglia Mineralization

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