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... the responses are. Hormones also act on specific nerve centres in the brain that produce emotions and corresponding physiological symptoms. Emotions ...
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... is like a fat spiral tube filled with liquid, with numerous nerve endings on its surface. Sound waves enter the ear tunnel and vibrate ... to trigger electrical impulses. These then travel to the brain via the auditory (hearing) nerve, which 'interprets' the impulses as ...
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... run with messages from the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) to the muscles, skin and other body organs. Twelve pairs ... and of the diaphragm. The fifth and largest cranial nerve is a mixed nerve, called trigeminal because it has three branches. The ...
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... using radioactive glucose show that certain para of the brain can be hyperactive. But experiences such as coming from a broken family, ... in ADD -the reticular formation. This network of nerve fibers in the brainstem is responsible for regulating the messages to the ...
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... there is decreased blood flow, there is no warmth, so the nerve receptors of the hands and feet whose function is to sense cold send messages to the brain. The result is that you have the sensations you describe. The main ...
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... condition caused by problems in the messages from the brain. The voluntary movements of your body (ie, the ones your brain decides to ... dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter which transmits nerve impulses- messages- from one cell to another. In Parkinson's disease, the ...
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... system, which generally contracts at the command of the brain, hence they are called voluntary muscles. Sometimes, however, ... the surface of muscle fibres, leads to impaired response to nerve stimulation, so the fibres go into spasm erratically, causing a cramping ...
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... roaring which is due to a nervous impulse generated in the nerve of the brain centre that analyses sound. This is like the phantom pain in a limb ...
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... supplement (Biocare B Complex, capsules), which is a general nerve tonic. It's also vital to rest enough and to get good quality sleep. ... possibility of an epileptic type of abnormal activity in the brain, although I think it is extremely unlikely in your case. Other rare ...
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... of nerves that come out of the cranium directly from the brain. The 7th pair control the facial muscles, one for each side of the face. With palsy there is a malfunction in the nerve-to-tissue connection, so the eyebrows, eyelids and mouth are visibly ...
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