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Brain
The center of our nervous system and daily thoughts, the brain is a complex, magnificent organ. Ask questions about parts of the brain and their functions here.
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Brain is also called encephalon. In simple words it is meshwork of biological units of machine i.e. cells connected by the biological or bioelectrical wires i.e. their processes. The comlexity varies according to phylogenetic [evolutionary] development. It controls rest of the systems in the body by responding to needs of the body via bioelectrical wires connecting the sensors of body called receptors [spread all over body] and specialized areas of brain.
Can brain shrinkage due to depression be reversed?
Brain shrinkage due to depression can be reversed. This can be done by hippocampus shrinkage.
What prizes do you get on brain surge?
The prizes vary. The grand prize is always a vacation and two other prizes and the lowest prize is like a bucket of slime and a DVD season set or at least in that price range.
the damage must be in the cerebellum
What events can cause traumatic brain injury?
Types of incidents that can cause Traumatic Brain Injury TBI can include:
- Shaking a young baby or child - "Shaken Baby Syndrome" - often fatal in babies
- Violent shaking of an adult, especially if the person has little control over their head / neck, example: disabled person
- Slip and fall when the head strikes a hard surface and rapidly goes from moving to impact.
- Traffic Accidents, even at slow speeds
- Being struck on the face or chin with a closed fist. Example: Domestic violence. In fist-fights and brawls-- "One punch kill" refers to fights when one person only threw one punch and kills the victim.
- Sports injury, especially in football, soccer, basketball
- Wartime head injuries
Can electronics start to ruin your brain?
It really depends cell phones can give brain tumors if you talk to long but normal phones don't. It's because of the radiation they also can cause brain cancer. (fyi changing ears every once in a while when you talk on a phone will lower the chance of a brain tumor or brain cancer)
Yes it does, especially if you keep it in your pockets it'll kill your sperm cells or egg cells. if you keep it in your shirt-pocket it can give you a different type of cancer.
Do you wrack your brain or rack your brain?
It is technically either.
But the word form used in the US vernacular is to "wrack" one's brain (or brains). The word wrack is a variant of "wreck", to ruin or destroy.
This causes the dichotomy in "nerve-racking" and "nerve-wracking" : the US use tends toward the wracking as in wrecking, but racking can apply to torture as in stretching on a rack.
(see related question)
How does a Serotonin Reuptake inhibitor help?
A Serotonin Reuptake inhibitor helps in the following way. It is an antidepressant that helps one overcome depression. It is relatively safe and has fewer side effects than other antidepressants.
What areas are responsible for short term memories?
Although the short-term memory is supported by transient patterns of neuronal communication in the regions of the frontal, prefrontal and parietal lobes of the brain, long-term memories are maintained by more stable and permanent changes in neural connections widely spread throughout the brain.
What part of the brain does hypoxemia affect?
Hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood) will affect the entire brain.
Why do women miss the men they dumped?
This is not always true...however, for those who do miss the men they dumped, it could just be that they are just not over the guy enough to move on yet. Or maybe they miss those special moments her and the guy spent together.
Which part of the brain is a gateway to the cerebral cortex?
The thalamus is considered to be the gateway to the cortex.
What will happen if your medula is not working?
The medulla oblongata performs certain minor body functions you may find useful, such as breathing and keeping your heart beating. If it is "not working" then you have some very big problems.
Lack of sleep
poor nutrition
abusing alcohol
lack of mental stimulation
lack of oxygen
hard or abrupt impacts or blows to the head
drug abuse (excluding marijuana)
F. Dumoulin & Company, Belgium, c. 1894-1930. This gun was made for the American market, so it would have been earlier than 1914 since WW1 stopped the import of firearms from Europe and after the war there were plenty of domestic manufacturers. If it says Fine Steel instead of Fine Damascus Steel, it would have been made after 1900.
What music does Brazil men and women listen to?
i say that if your going to come on here you should answer the question! not call people gay. anyways they listen to Brazilian jazz...well that's what i think...im doing a report on Brazil and i kinda need to know these things... i need 8 diff things on the Brazilian culture. so who ever put, "dsl;fjdhfiur;asdjfnhlruhlkdhvn blah blah blah this person is gay" then...you really should get your facts straight ^_^ thank you =]
How is a human's brain different form a ostrich's brain?
They are not really that different. The human brain is simply larger and more complex - but fundamentally they are the same.
