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…What is huffing? The intentional breathing of gas or vapors with the purpose of reaching a high. What does huffing do to the brain? Changes the electrical activity of the brain. On a elecroencephalograpghy, (or EEG) the brain will show up as sharp…

…A brief synopsis of "Food for Thought". Can fatty foods impair your brain function, memory, or even inhibit your leaning ability? This article suggests just that. Based upon a study done by two professors at the University of Toronto, and published…

…Dyslexia, common in children, is a learning disorder in which an individual has difficulty reading despite having had adequate access to education and sufficient intelligence. There is a difference in the brain architecture that causes a certain part…

…this issue, which can be first separated into two categories: the Mental and the Physical. The mental approach takes into account such things as emotions and feelings, whereas the physical approach focuses on the role of the body and brain in determining exactly…

…Dissection of an adult bullfrog's central nervous system (CNS) Experiment consists of the dissection and analyzation of a bullfrog’s nervous system. Dissection consists of the isolation of the CNS consisting of the brain and spinal cord. It also…

…in which the mind could view what it internally perceived. As our scientific understanding of how the brain functions to produce consciousness and hence the mind has increased, these two pictures of brain function have been rejected. Some theorist would…

…Strokes are the third greatest cause of death in America, next to cancer and heart attacks. The brain heavily relies on its blood flow and if the course is obstructed the brain will lose its supply of oxygen. If the brain lost oxygen for a matter…

…. The breakthrough in understanding concerned the fact that the level of consciousness is dependent on the total quantity of blood in the capillaries of the brain; when that quantity is increased, the result is accelerated brain metabolism and therefore an enhanced…

…Cerebrovascular disease, a "stroke" or "brain attack", occurs when the blood supply to a part of your brain is blocked or severely reduced, by a blood vessel breaking or a clot, and the brain tissue is deprived of oxygen and nutrients. Within a few…

…that helps form the protein deposits that fill the brains of people with AD has been discovered. It is believed among most scientists that these amyloid plaques kill or damage brain cells. The brain creates AB peptides when secretases chop up the large molecule…