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…the malfunctioning of the neurotransmitter dopamine or atrophy of brain tissue, (Gleitman et al). Genetics have recently come into the picture as a predisposition to the disease. Socioeconomic and family issues could also be stressors that would develop this disorder…

…disease (Campbell and Reece, 2002). Other infectious agents are viroids and prions. Prions are infected proteins that are misfolded and "normally present in brain cells" (Campbell and Reece, 2002). Prions attach themselves to healthy proteins, corrupt…

…extreme happiness hyperactivity, rapid speech, a total lack of inhibition, and in more severe cases, delusions of grandeur. Brain cells talk to each other by means of chemical messengers. When a person is exposed to too much stress, chemical communication…

…on people with different health conditions. Carbon monoxide also has different effects on different parts of the human body. Carbon monoxide, by displacing the oxygen from the red blood cells, deprives the brain, the heart, the nervous system, and many other…

…helps children come to terms with living in a large family and helps the reader realize that everyone is important in a household. Even though he is small, Hop o’ my Thumb is brilliant and uses his brain to overcome the huge ogre that threatens his life…

…the two stories, there are still many qualities that portray the antithetic nature between the two short stories. For example, when the fisherman (in Jack London's story) used his intelligence to defeat his enemy; "Only by using his brain could he possible…

…the brains out" of her own child than break such a promise as Macbeth has to her. Whether she was bluffing, the imagery that Macbeth would have had in his own mind at this point would have been freighting. To have the brains "dashed out" of his own child…

…Dementia is an organic brain syndrome which results in global cognitive impairments. Dementia can occur as a result of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct…

…that the patient is unable to give a written or verbal consent (Encarta). There are many cases, of people that are involved in some type of accident, where the patient is considered brain dead or comatose. Numerous states have established a definition of brain death…

…often mental health reasons. The cervix is dialated. The fetus is delivered feet first. Then the surgeon jabs a sharp object into the back of the fetus head, removes it and inserts a vacuum tube through which the brain is extracted. The head…