lesionelectroencephalogramPET (position emission tomography) scanMRI (magnetic resonance imaging)fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)cerebellumlimbic systemamygdalahypothalamuscerebral cortexfrontal lobesparietal lobesoccipital lobestemporal lobesmotor cortexsensory cortexassociation areasplasticityneurogenesiscorpus callosumsplit brainnervous systemthe boy’s speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systemscentral nervous systemthe brain and the spinal cordperipheral nervous systemthe sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the bodynervesbundled axons that form neural “cables” connecting the CNS with muscles, glands, and sense organssensory neuronsneurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cordmotor neuronsneurons that carry outgoing information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cordinterneuronsneurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputssomatic nervous systemthe division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal musclesautonomic nervous systemthe part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organssympathetic nervous systemthe division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situationsparasympathetic nervous systemthe division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energyreflexa simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee jerk responsehormoneschemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream, and affect other tissues02/19/2013 lesionelectroencephalogramPET (position emission tomography) scanMRI (magnetic resonance imaging)fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)cerebellumlimbic systemamygdalahypothalamuscerebral cortexfrontal lobesparietal lobesoccipital lobestemporal lobesmotor cortexsensory cortexassociation areasplasticityneurogenesiscorpuscallosumsplit brainnervous system-the boy’s speedy, electrochemical communication network, consisting of all the nerve cells of the peripheral and central nervous systemscentral nervous system-the brain and the spinal cordperipheral nervous system-the sensory and motor neurons that connect the CNS to the rest of the bodynerves-bundled axons that form neural “cables” connecting the CNS with muscles, glands, and sense organssensory neurons-neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord motor neurons-neurons that carry outgoing information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cordinterneurons-neurons within the brain and spinal cord that communicate internally and intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs somatic nervous system-the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal musclesautonomic nervous system-the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs sympathetic nervous system-the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations parasympathetic nervous system-the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy reflex-a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee jerk responsehormones-chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands, travel through the bloodstream, and affect other