Dear Viewer:

Journey through the Brain website has evolved to share with you some of the up-to-date scientific knowledge on "how our brain actually works" and in doing so seeks to illustrate how modern neuroscience, medicine, psychotherapy and functional brain imaging weave together.

I sincerely hope you gain something of value from its pages, either professionally or personally.

Dr. John Clarkson

Brain quotes:

"The Brain was once thought to be permanently ‘hard-wired’ and unable to regenerate if damaged-- how wrong we were! Plasticity, the ability of the brain to grow new brain cells (neurons) fills us with renewed optimism and hope – to know we are able to change our brain and its functioning"

Today, as healthcare professionals, we can no longer treat patients with emotional or behavioural disturbances without having a clear understanding of: "How their symptoms relate to an alteration in their neurochemical functioning"

"Every thought, emotion and behaviour is but the music of the Brain’s orchestra – a symphony performed in perfect harmony - and sadly, sometimes not!"

"As a new task is learned and practiced, fresh neural extensions occur within the brain; once mastered, the brain zip-files (neural ‘pruning’) this learned experience, ready to be re-activated at some future date"

Dr. John Clarkson 2007