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…. In “The Brain-Mind Connection: A Quarter Century of Neuroscience”, Beth Horning discusses the future possibilities for this growing field. According to recent statistics, “over 90 percent of the neuroscientists who ever lived are living now” (59), and more has been…

…Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a complex and puzzling illness. Even the experts are not sure exactly what causes it. Some doctors think that the brain may not be able to process information correctly. There are structural and chemical abnormalities…

…. In “The Brain-Mind Connection: A Quarter Century of Neuroscience”, Beth Horning discusses the future possibilities for this growing field. According to recent statistics, “over 90 percent of the neuroscientists who ever lived are living now” (59), and more has been…

…together to see what they made. To these people, the robots in the book are just Tinker-Toys, which are very big and have positronic brains. The sponge that made up the brains in a concoction of platinum and iridium which make up a sponge. This sponge, made…

…For years, no one knew what caused dyslexia, which afflicts 10% of the population. It can now be proved that dyslexia is not a visual impairment but have developed ways to identify exactly where the order takes place in the brain. Through the work…

…in the body. Parkinson’s disease is a slow moving disease that slowly corrupts the brain. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic motor disorder that causes tremors, rigidity, slowed body movements, unstable posture and abnormal gait. This happens when neurons…

…on their cut ends, called neuromas. For years, the favored explanation was, that the cut nerve endings continue to send impulses up the spinal cord to the brain. This explanation was repealed when the neurosurgeons cut just above the neuromas. The proof…

…pounds. Infants grow about 1 inch per month during the first year and triple their weight III. The Brain (see additional handout) IV. Brain's development - 3 processes in the development of neurons * cell production - 10-26 weeks after conception, 250,000…

…the relationship between axonal losses in normal-appearing areas of the corpus callosum to the lesion volume in corresponding areas of cerebral white matter. The researchers performed post-mortem brain imaging on eight patients with relapsing-remitting or secondary…

…Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), more commonly known as a stroke, is a sudden interruption of blood flow in a vessel that supplies the brain. Strokes are the third leading cause of death worldwide; 600,000 strokes occur…