Brain

:For other articles about other subjects named brain see brain (disambiguation). For information about the human brain in specific, please see its article.

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Brain (disambiguation) - Human brain

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In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon, is the supervisory center of the nervous system. Although the brain is usually cited as the supervisory center of vertebrate nervous systems, the same term can also be used for the invertebrate central nervous system. In most animals, the brain is located in the head.

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Anatomy - Animal - Nervous system - Vertebrate - Invertebrate - Central nervous system - Head

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The brain controls and coordinates most movement, behavior and homeostatic body functions such as heartbeat, blood pressure, fluid balance and body temperature. Functions of the brain are responsible for cognition, emotion, memory, motor learning and other sorts of learning.

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Movement - Behavior - Homeostatic - Cognition - Emotion - Memory - Motor learning - Learning

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