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Human brain 'can make new cells'
news.com.au ^
| February 16, 2007
| From correspondents in Washington
Posted on 02/15/2007 1:46:48 PM PST by RogerFGay
NEW evidence shows that the human brain can manufacture fresh brain cells, researchers said today in a study that may lead to better ways to treat brain damage and disease.
Scientists had known that other animals, such as rats and mice, make new brain cells throughout their lives and there had been indirect evidence that humans beings could, too.
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:46:52 PM PST
by
RogerFGay
To: 1234; A knight without armor; AIM-54; Allan; american colleen; AndyPH; anguish; AzSteven; ...
Ping to the Swedish Ping List
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:48:11 PM PST
by
RogerFGay
To: RogerFGay
Cool. Might yet be able to replace some of the ones I burned years ago...
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:48:22 PM PST
by
misterrob
(Jack Bauer/Chuck Norris 2008)
To: RogerFGay
Good news for the brain dead?
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:48:27 PM PST
by
Red Steel
To: RogerFGay
Really! That's swell! There is hope for me yet!
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:48:41 PM PST
by
isthisnickcool
(Rick Perry for governor.Of another state!)
To: RogerFGay
Human brain 'can make new cells' And strong beer or dope can take 'em out just as fast!
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:49:31 PM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: misterrob
Well ya see, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:51:29 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: RogerFGay
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:51:46 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(When Chuck Norris goes to bed at night, he checks under the bed for Jack Bauer.)
To: RogerFGay
Great news for Ozzie......
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:53:54 PM PST
by
nevergore
(?It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.?)
To: RogerFGay
Excellent! Let the reconstruction commence!
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:54:28 PM PST
by
bamahead
To: RogerFGay
Zombies need never go hungry again
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:55:41 PM PST
by
Cyclopean Squid
(Patron Saint of Mediocrity)
To: bamahead
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posted on
02/15/2007 2:02:33 PM PST
by
Sax
To: HOTTIEBOY
Correct, as long as you do not go for total saturation. That is sort of like hosing the Buffalo heard down with a GAU-80.
Pot on the other hand is like a big game hunter, it goes for the strongest cells first. That is how we got ALGORE!
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posted on
02/15/2007 2:12:44 PM PST
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: RogerFGay
My experience has been that loss of smell is a one way street. Maybe new human brain cells migrate to Arizona, like everyone else.
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posted on
02/15/2007 2:14:45 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
To: gcruse
Ironically enough, it is the neurons related to the sense of smell that regrow most quickly.
To: RogerFGay
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posted on
02/15/2007 2:44:17 PM PST
by
gogeo
To: gcruse
I can attest that they arent migrating here , unless they are illegal brain cells coming to do the work the American brain cell wont do.
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posted on
02/15/2007 2:44:21 PM PST
by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: RogerFGay
And don't I need some....
:-)
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posted on
02/15/2007 2:52:39 PM PST
by
ScaniaBoy
(Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
To: neverdem
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posted on
02/15/2007 3:00:17 PM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: RogerFGay
NEW evidence shows that the human brain can manufacture fresh brain cells
Clearly not in Democrats...
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