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The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. [1] Some primitive animals such as jellyfish and starfish have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. In vertebrates, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. Brains can be extremely complex. The cerebral cortex of the human brain contains roughly 15–33 billion neurons depending on gender and age,[2] linked with up to 10,000 synaptic connections each. Each cubic millimeter of cerebral cortex contains roughly one billion synapses.[3] These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body and target them to specific recipient cells. The brain controls the other organ systems of the body, either by activating muscles or by causing secretion of chemicals such as hormones. This centralized control allows rapid and coordinated responses to changes in the environment. Some basic types of responsiveness are possible without a brain even single-celled organisms may be capable of extracting information from the environment and acting in response to it.[4] Sponges, which lack a central nervous system, are capable of coordinated body contractions and even locomotion.[5] In vertebrates, the spinal cord by itself contains neural circuitry capable of generating reflex responses as well as simple motor patterns such as swimming or walking.[6] However, sophisticated control of behavior on the basis of complex sensory input requires the information-integrating capabilities of a centralized brain. Despite rapid scientific progress, much about how brains work remains a mystery. The operations of individual neurons and synapses are now understood in considerable detail, but the way they cooperate in ensembles of thousands or millions has been very difficult to decipher. Methods of observation such as EEG recording and functional brain imaging tell us that brain operations are highly organized, but these methods do not have the resolution to reveal the activity of individual neurons.[7]
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1. Get a Kaleidoscopic View of India in One Trip
November 20, 2009
Those who have earned a fortnight-long vacation after a nerve-wracking business deal or brain-smashing work schedule might want to forget their trying world for a while and enter a different realm where surprising and amusing things await him/her. To such a high-caliber person the 15-day Golden Triangle tour SLS Tourist mapped out for him will perfectly suit like sword in the sheathe.
You get the best of India’s capital, Delhi, and the stirringly romantic Rajasthan, both hot regions, and fly over to the relatively cool southern-most green state, Kerala, where sun, sand and water weave a ... (read more)
Author: Mike Bevan
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2. Sleep Apnea and weight Loss Surgery
November 20, 2009
Sleep apnea is the state where you discontinue breathing in the night for small intervals. There are three kinds of sleep apnea, including central, mixed and obstructive. Out of these, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused because of blockage of airway, generally when the throat’s soft issues collapses and closes while sleeping. The central sleep apnea happens when the airway does not gets blocked, however the brain stops signaling the muscles to respire. On the other hand, mixed apnea is a fusion of central and obstructive sleep apnea. With every apnea event, brain briefly arouses individua... (read more)
Author: Alma Orozco
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3. How To Choose The Right San Diego Personal Injury Attorney
November 20, 2009
Looking for a San Diego Personal Injury Attorney that not only represents clients ethically, but also successfully time and time again? A quick search on Google, Yahoo, or MSN, etc., for a San Diego Injury Attorney will surely yield more results than the average person knows what to do with. So, with all these options to choose from, how does someone seeking the best San Diego Personal Injury Attorney find exactly who they are looking for? A simple search for a San Diego Personal Injury Attorney will often lead to numerous options to select from. One of the first things someone may want to... (read more)
Author: Berman Riedel
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4. Melissa and Doug Wooden Puzzles Have Educational Benefits
November 20, 2009
Wooden puzzles offer the unique benefits of being fun and educational at the same time, which helps explain why they are so popular. They are used by people of all ages and walks of life from nursery schools and day care centers to schools, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers, where they provide therapy and retraining of lost skills for those people who have suffered a stroke or brain injury.
Skills that children learn will become a part of their foundation as they grow. Reasoning abilities, thought processing, sequencing, and analytical skills are enhanced with these products. Socia... (read more)
Author: Joe Kanooga
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5. home remedies for appetite
November 19, 2009
Suppressants and StimulantsSome people experience a loss of appetite; others have difficulty controlling theirs. When considering disturbances of appetite, it is important to remember that while hunger is a physical sensation, appetite is a psychological one. The hypothalamus area of the brain, which controls appetite, is closely connected with the emotions.Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, allergies, depression, emotional upset, illness, nutritional deficiencies, stress, and weather-among other things-can affect appetite. Sometimes simply seeing or talking about a favorite food can stimulate your a... (read more)
Author: Denny Macdonald
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6. The Secret to Embracing the Full Spectrum of Your Life - A 4 Point Check on Reality
November 19, 2009
What’s up with those people who can eat anything, rarely expend physical effort and yet they are healthy? On the other side of the same coin are those who run marathons, eat bird food and succumb to disease. What’s up with that?
It brings to light an important observation – there is more to human survival than food, water, and exercise. What could we need more than this basic physical sustenance? Relationships? Yes, we need the interaction between others which is really reflections of our relationship with self. But there is something more.
We need to grow.
As human beings... (read more)
Author: Michelle A. Beitzel
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7. How to Find the Best Jokes on Earth
November 19, 2009
One of the best things about being human is the ability to laugh. A normal human being has a functional emotional center in the brain, which reacts every time the person hears a joke.
Recent medical studies prove that smiling and laughing have many health benefits. Aside from the social impact of funny situations, laughing also helps to reduce stress and to speed up healing in people with medical conditions. Laughing can also help both men and women stay younger. Because of these benefits, it helps to look for the best jokes on earth and have a good laugh once in a while. Here are the way... (read more)
Author: Kenny Leones
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8. The Surrey Brain Drain - Time to fight back
November 19, 2009
Greg is a consultant working for CBS, an engineering and technical recruitment agency based in Redhill. He is highly skilled individual, bright and articulate making him a highly employable candidate. Actually, CBSbutler would give their eye-teeth to employ more candidates like Greg. But unfortunately they can't, because every weekday morning just like Greg used to do, they are on the 06.56 from Merstham heading for an early start at their jobs in London. Although accommodation in Redhill in of a very good standard, social life is vibrant and local economy and infrastructure are thrivi... (read more)
Author: David Leyshon
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9. Will We Fly Into Space on Our Chairs Next?
November 19, 2009
How can we come up with as a decent surprise? Or an unusual gift? Or a story that will shake up someone’s brain and bring in a rush of adrenaline? With the abundance of choices today sometimes it seems like there is not so many options left. After conquering the cyberspace, seems like the old expression “the sky is the limit” is not relevant anymore. Is the Sky the limit?... Not so long ago the world smiled at the news about a new trick to boost the sales of digital technology. An original size model of a corkwood chair was taken up 98.268 feet on an air-balloon and there it collapsed i... (read more)
Author: Alexandra Hastings
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10. Brain of your planning activities
November 19, 2009
Brain of your planning activities
eresource ERP scope
eresource ERP is a modular solution built for (http://www.eresourceerp.com/scope.html) vertical enterprises, which supports Sales, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Inventory and Material Management, Quality, Research and Development, Production, Quality, Finance, Human Resource, and service functions, amongst others.
eresource ERP's major strength lies in the manufacturing modules that provide multiple benefits. eresource, ERP is key to business process automation. eresource ERP helps you control your day-to-day business, irrespec... (read more)
Author: eresource erp
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11. Accounting Outsourcing - Essential For Successful Businesses
November 19, 2009
The motto of each and every business has always been to cash in profit. Prior to initiating a business, big or small, a company has to plan out different departments. In any organization you will find out different branches such as administrative department, technical branch, human resource, public relations, and the accounts department. The accounts section is a vital department of any organization. For evaluating both the profits as well as the losses of an organization a lot of brain has to be used. A single miscalculation in the work of accounts can lead to heavy losses for the business. T... (read more)
Author: Alvis Brazma
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12. Glitter Graphics Use in Struggle with Too Much Weight
November 19, 2009
Today a lot of users select the on-line type of communication. Various public networking Internet sites allow us to establish contacts with other men. Amongst the most well-liked ones is the Internet site of MySpace. MySpace has been developing day by day inviting more and more people to produce their accounts on it.If you are however not aware of what MySpace is, so we can explain you that it is a world-wide public web site for unlimited contacts between users of diverse trades and lines of work, for the young people and grown-ups. Men produce their accounts on MySpace for various needs: to e... (read more)
Author: Brain Stone
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13. Enjoy a Fulfilling Career - Earn Money Playing Video Games
November 19, 2009
Have you ever played with the idea of how you could earn money playing games? We're not talking about gambling. There are online games and some game machines in convenience stores and gas stations that can be played for money, but no one with half a brain would think of playing these games for a living. You'd end up in the poorhouse very quickly. Actually what we're referring to is to make money playing video games for the game developers, to see if the games working properly. In other words, have you ever played with the idea of becoming a professional game tester? Growth in the video game d... (read more)
Author: Jack Bush
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14. Restore Youthfulness With GenFX Dietary HGH Supplement for Anti-Aging
November 19, 2009
Nobody wants to wear an old look in modern times. Both men and women wish to have a younger look and appear attractive to others. According to extensive research by scientists in this field, the reduced blood flow to the brain impairs the capacity of the brain to control the critical biochemical systems in our body. This results in the deterioration of hormonal, physical, and psychological functions of the human body, leading to the loss of the youthful look. According to one theory proposed by medical practitioners, particularly those who specialize in nutritional medicine, chiropractic care,... (read more)
Author: Katrin Brik
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15. A Healthy Eating Plan for Optimum Health
November 19, 2009
There are many misconceptions about eating and health. One of the most common assumptions is the emphasis on the quantity of food people eat. Although, this may be a valid consideration, it is more important to be concerned about the quality of foods that we consume. The body has a homeostatic, or balancing mechanism that will affect hunger and satiety centers of the brain if nourished properly. When eating the appropriate foods, the bodies innate intelligence will tell you to stop eating when it has the correct nutrients. The following is a list of general guidelines one can follow to obtain ... (read more)
Author: Dr. Gary Gendron
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16. Don't Ignore Fish Oil Benefits
November 19, 2009
Eat more fat. Could this be correct? We have been told for years not to eat fat. Everywhere you look you see fat-free, low fat or non-fat food products. Fat is very essential for us to live, i.e. providing adequate body metabolism and functioning at the cellular level. So you may ask, what are the fish oil benefits?
Did you know our brain is made up of approximately sixty- percent fat? There are good fats and bad fats. The required essential fatty acids cannot be manufactured by the body. They are critical for maintaining brain function, maintaining a strong immune system, and for maximum... (read more)
Author: Dr. Gary Gendron
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17. Subliminal Messages and Enhancing Your Intelligence
November 19, 2009
Our brain is absolutely part of our body. Thus, whatever we do to our body, we apply to our brain. When we starve our stomach, our neurons crave for food too and grow weak. When we feel lazy to do our task, our brain feels the same for its function too. Like our muscular system, our brain needs the right nutrition and exercise.
Indeed, our brain has to be fed and exercised – with positive thoughts and insights – to be able to trod in the right direction and attract greater and better health, wealth, and happiness. On the contrary, if our mind is nourished with the wrong chemicals, it wil... (read more)
Author: Marvin King
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18. Subliminal Messages: A Perfect Way to Exercise the Brain
November 19, 2009
According to surveys, there is a great chance that most people have an average score of intelligence quotient or IQ and only a few have an above average score. Where are you in these?
We may say that we belong to the average people. However, there is a good news! We can definitely improve no matter where we start. There are three ways to achieve such.
Avail a brain wave tool. One of the best of these is the use of subliminal messages. There are software packages about these which may be in the form of subliminal mp3. They may be available as subliminal audio, image, or text. Thus, we... (read more)
Author: Marvin King
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19. White Style In Control
November 19, 2009
Men are never satisfied. Contentment is something that is fast and passing. Change is continuous. We may blame it with the way individuals think because by nature, basing on human anatomy, the human brain is complicated. Ideas come and go in our brains very fast like how a speeding bullet spans its objective. Man incessantly find things to make life better. Our ascendants, in order to fight back darkness and hold out in the cold, they discovered fire. For millions of years, people thought that the earth was flat, until such time Christopher Columbus traveled around the earth and established th... (read more)
Author: Frances Seth
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20. Kenya Safaris in the Masai Mara National Reserve
November 19, 2009
Kenya Safaris in the Masai Mara, arguably the best known Game Reserve in the World, made famous thanks to the incredible number of wildlife documentaries made here.
The short grass, annual wildebeest migration crossing the Mara river from the Serengeti and the huge lion population are all contributory factors that make the Masai Mara such a popular destination for film-makers and tourists alike!
The great migration is at its best from late August to November as the herds cross into the Masai Mara from the Serengeti in the south. This makes for a spectacular experience, nicknamed th... (read more)
Author: Marcus Brain
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21. East Africa Travel Guide & When to go on Safari
November 19, 2009
Our East Africa travel guide is intended for you to use as a guideline as to when it is the best time to visit East Africa's National Parks and Game Reserves. Please contact your consultant for seasonal changes to this calendar.
East Africa is situated on the equator, so there are not large differences between winter and summer temperatures and the days have more or less the same amount of sunlight. The coast can be relatively humid and inland it could get cold due to the high altitude.
There are two traditional rain seasons, the long rains fall during the months of April and May a... (read more)
Author: Marcus Brain
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22. Dementia Care in Lenexa Kansas
November 19, 2009
Dementia literally means “deprived of mind”. It is a serious cognitive disorder. It could be non progressive, as the result of a brain injury or progressive, resulting in long-term decline in cognitive function due to damage in the body beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Although dementia is far more common in the elderly population, it may occur at any age. Dementia makes it hard for people to remember, learn and communicate. These changes eventually make it hard for people who have dementia to care for themselves. Dementia may also cause changes in mood and personality. Ea... (read more)
Author: gurg sumit
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23. A Few Things I Have Learned From Women Who Have Dumped Me
November 19, 2009
I've been married for more than six years. However, along the way, there are some things I learned from women who left me. I know, I know it can be hard to believe that have been dumped for those who know me. But yes it's true, I was dumped. I was dumped in more than a pasture in Texas, one morning in late July, after feeding time.
Now that you have that brand image in your brain, I'll tell you some things I learned. All women are crazy! No, I'm kidding. What I learned is not all women will love you. However difficult it is to believe for some of you, it's true. There is a thing called ch... (read more)
Author: Scott Herrera
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24. 5 Easy Steps to Younger, More Vibrant Looking Skin
November 19, 2009
It’s a fact: Our skin is the largest organ in our body. Many people would be surprised to hear this. One might assume it was our lungs or even our brain that might be the largest living thing that is apart of us. But it is our skin – the protective layer of living cells that wraps around our body and shields it from the harsh conditions of everyday life.
Because our skin is the one thing that protects us from the climate, it can easily show age. Blemishes may start to appear; dead skin cells can make our face look old and faded. But we can take steps to make sure we take good care of... (read more)
Author: Kendra Fagan
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25. Dog Games - Fantastic Games To Play With Your Dog
November 19, 2009
Here are some great games that help your dog to use his brain and develop his senses, rather than just exercise his body. By playing these challenging games, your dog will be learning to listen to you, to concentrate and to improve his memory. These games can be played in the house, in the garden, on walks, in fact anywhere! Suggestions for games: • Hide a toy or treat in the house or outside. Ask your dog to find it. You may need to help him a little. While you hide the toy, either move the dog so that he is out of sight or pretend to place the toy in several different places. ... (read more)
Author: Andy Jones
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