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…features. These disorders share the four primary symptoms described above, and all are the result of the loss of dopamine producing brain cells. Parkinson's disease is also called primary parkinsonism or idiopathic Parkinson's disease; idiopathic is a term…

…properly during the first few weeks of pregnancy. "The central nervous system and spine develop between the 14th and 28th day after conception," (Bloom 79). "Spina bifida occurs when there is a failure of development of the boney canal which surrounds the brain…

…of organ donation. Organ donation happens because people die, says Tim Olsen from the Wisconsin donor network.” Organ donation does not happen until after brain death is pronounced. An estimated 15,000 brain deaths occur in the United States each year…

…of consciousnessness in machines has adequately, in my opinion, revealed that it is most unlikely that we will ever converse or interract with a machine of artificial consciousness. In John Searle's collection of lectures, Minds, Brains and Science, arguments centering…

…ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Alzheimer’s disease is relentlessly destroying the brains and lives of our nation’s older adults, robbing them of memory, the ability to reason, and affecting their emotions and behavior. Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative…

…in the brain is starting to become fully functional. At this point the fetus can start to receive music in the form of distinguishable sound transmissions (Abrams, R.M., Griffiths, K., & Huang, X. 307-317). The sound transmissions have been shown to have…

…has adequately, in my opinion, revealed that it is most unlikely that we will ever converse or interract with a machine of artificial consciousness. In John Searle's collection of lectures, Minds, Brains and Science, arguments centering around the mind…

…). For obvious reasons the combined type is the most detrimental of the three main types of ADD/ADHD. <Tab/>Scientists at this time still are not completely sure about what causes ADD/ADHD. One possible theory for ADD/ADHD revolves around brain…

…are adopted into households where one parent is alcoholic. They have found no evidence that being raised by an alcoholic parent predisposes a child to alcoholism. Under the Microscope Research indicates that some hereditary abnormality of body or brain…

…of alcohol and its chemical factors on the developing fetus and its brain. The alcohol enters the bloodstream though the placenta and then the damage begins to occur. FAS consists of a characteristic pattern of abnormalities resulting from the exposure…