| Brain is an important organ of the body which controls the central nervous system (CNS) and virtually controls all the human activities. The brain is divided into three parts: the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. The forebrain includes the several lobes of the cerebral cortex that control higher functions, while the mid and hindbrain are more involved with unconscious, autonomic functions. It is highly intricate and is responsible for the thoughts, actions, and senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) that affect distinct sets of nerve cells and brain chemicals.
The UT Dallas Institute of Brain Research is dedicated towards understanding, protecting and healing this complex organ. The mission of the institute is to understand the brain’s ability to restore and protect healthy functioning, protecting the brain from unnecessary mental decline and healing the brain through treatments that regenerate the brain function. The institute has come up with a unique horizontal approach that establishes protocol for healthy brain function, diagnose and treat children and adults, focus across brain concerns in diseases and injury, provide long term follow up, facilitate discovery, expedite promising new treatments, and transfer application across diverse diseases or injuries.
UT Dallas intitute of Brain Health has a cherished board of directors which comprises of a leadership council and an advisory board. The leadership council includes Sallie and Frederic Asche, Jr.Claudia and Dennis Berman, Toni and Norman Brinker, Dianne Cash, Theresa and David Disiere, Patsy Donors, John Harbin, Matrice Ellis-Kirk, among others as its members.
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Understanding the Brain
