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…are able to produce less and less amounts ATP because of the free radicals deteriorating them. This for most of the cells is usually not that much of a problem because cells make excess ATP. But in mutated cells that are big ATP consumers, like brain and muscle…

…and never get outside and sometimes I think I'll come straight back. I'll tell you one think though I'd rather blow my brains out then go through this again"(84). Here Sonny is going through one of the stages of heroin. He is going through the withdrawal stage…

…everyone it comes in contact with, and it is more powerful than we are willing to understand. Classical music is known as being a form of music that is thought to help the cognitive (right) side of the brain develop. It has been said that music making…

…that is prevalent today is that dreams result from the physiological "exercise" of the synapses of the brain. There is no proven fact on why we dream, which is why there are so many theories on the topic. There is Freud's theory that dreams carry our hidden desires…

…, as Freud believed, or random images caused by brain signals. Experts now believe that dreams are so closely related to our waking lives that we can use them to help organize and work out inner conflicts (Von Keisler 141). A Harvard neuroscientist, Robert…

…of institutions, and even to hold down jobs. Schizophrenia can be detected in childhood--even traced to the womb. These malfunctions may be wired into the brain before birth. There is mounting evidence that schizophrenia reflects deviation in development rather than…

…arguments refuting the "Turing Test" theory is his claim that "Brains cause minds" . Thinking can not exist without an organic brain which purpose is to ensure the body's proper functioning and survival. All animals which are born with brains are capable…

…greater (though still modest) correlation between brain size and intelligence test scores. Other studies suggest that the brains of highly skilled people require less glucose energy while performing certain cognitive task. Highly intelligent people also tend…

…terminal, resulting in increased levels of dopamine at its synapses in the brain. The specific uptake site for dopamine has been identified and cocaine's actions on the mechanism that transports dopamine back into the neuron is an active area of research. Within…

…Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease was first discovered by a British physician named James Parkinson. He published a paper about the disease called "the shaking palsy". Around the early 1960s, researchers found a form of brain damage…