Located of the brainstem; controls breathing and heartbeat; connects the medulla to the two sides of the cerebellum to help coordinate and integrate movement on each side of side of the body; involved in sleep and dreaming.
Quick Answer. Symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite include minor burning, white blisters and severe pain at the bite site, followed by severe itching, nausea, vomiting, fever and muscle pain, according to eMedicineHealth. The initial bite may just look red with fang marks before healing during the next few weeks after the bite.
1 The brown recluse spider bite usually causes some pain or burning in the first 10 minutes, accompanied by itching. 2  The wound takes on a bull's-eye appearance, with a centre blister surrounded by an angry-looking red ring and then a blanched (white) ring.  The blister breaks open, leaving an ulcer that scabs over.