Brain

Hepatic Encephalopathy: Complication of Alcoholic Liver Disease
by National Institute of Health
Alcohol's harmful effects on liver cells not only interfere not only with the normal functioning of the liver but also impact distant organs, including the brain. Prolonged liver dysfunction resulting from excessive alcohol consumption can lead

Thiamine Deficiency and Alcoholic Brain Disease
by National Institute of Health
A deficiency in the essential nutrient thiamine resulting from chronic alcohol consumption is one factor underlying alcohol-induced brain damage. Thiamine is a helper molecule (a cofactor) required by three enzymes involved in two pathways of carbohydrate

Alcoholism and the Brain
by National Institute of Health
Alcoholism can affect the brain and behavior in a variety of ways, and multiple factors can influence these effects. A person's susceptibility to alcoholism-related brain damage may be associated with his or her age, gender, drinking history

Understanding Hepatic Encephalopathy
by National Institute of Health
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a brain disorder caused by chronic liver failure, particularly in alcoholics with cirrhosis, which results in cognitive, psychiatric, and motor impairments. In these patients, the number of functional liver cells is reduced

Alcohol's Effects on the Adolescent Brain
by National Institute of Health
Adolescence and young adulthood are developmental stages of transition during which humans, as well as members of many other species, mature physically and behaviorally into their adult state. Adolescents and young adults need to acquire the physical

Adolescent Brain and Alcohol Effects
by National Institute of Health
Many people begin to drink alcohol during adolescence and young adulthood. Alcohol consumption during this developmental period may have profound effects on brain structure and function.

Alzheimer's Disease : Inside the Human Brain
by National Institute on Aging
The brain is a remarkable organ. Seemingly without any effort, it allows us to carry out every element of our daily lives. It manages many of the body functions that happen without our knowledge or direction, such as breathing, blood circulation

Brain Injury Signs and Symptoms
by CDC
A blow or jolt to the head can disrupt the normal function of the brain. Doctors often call this type of brain injury a concussion or a closed head injury. Doctors may describe these injuries as mild because concussions are usually not life threatening.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Causes and Symptoms
by CDC
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is caused by a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI.

How the Brain Develops
by Child Welfare Information Gateway
The raw material of the brain is the nerve cell, called the neuron. When babies are born, they have almost all of the neurons they will ever have, more than 100 billion of them. Although there is research that indicates some neurons are developed

How to Think About the Brain
The Dana Guide to Brain Health
by Floyd E. Bloom, M.D., M. Flint Beal, M.D., David J. Kupfer, M.D., The Dana Foundation
Since a human brain weighs on average some three pounds, it is easy to hold one in your hands. This simple fact somehow makes it even harder to imagine how such a small mass of tissue can be the source of all that we think of as human.

Your Brain Is Involved In Everything You Do
Making a Good Brain Great : The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance
by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
Your brain is involved in everything you do. This is the first principle of the Amen Clinics. The sensation of waking up cuddled next to your husband's or wife's warm body is felt in the brain. The brain directs your urge to make love and be physically

Seeing Anxiety and Depression: Brain SPECT Imaging
Healing Anxiety And Depression
by Daniel G. Amen, M.D., Lisa C. Routh, M.D.
Healing Anxiety and Depression reveals the major anxiety and depression centers of the brain; offers guidelines and diagnostic tools to determine the specific type of anxiety and depression; and provides a comprehensive program for treating each type.

Prologue
Where Is the Mango Princess? A Journey Back From Brain Injury
by Cathy Crimmins
Accidents divide things into the great Before and After. 'Even before his brain injury, Alan had a hard time remembering names,' I'll say. 'Since Daddy's accident, I have to work more,' I tell our daughter, Kelly.

True or False: The brain has a sex at birth.
Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget
by Marianne J. Legato, MD, FACP
True. Our sex is fixed and immutable-and not just at birth, but from the very moment of conception. That sex has implications for all the systems in our bodies, including our brains. But in a sense, this is a trick question, because while we are

Learn as much as possible about how your brain works
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot : Unleashing Your Brain's Potential
by Richard M. Restak, M.D.
This is the most important factor in getting smart and staying smart. In order to do this, you don't have to become a neurologist or subscribe to scholarly journals on neuroscience (the study of the brain at every operating level ranging from everyday

Introduction
The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind
by Richard M. Restak, M.D.
We have learned so much about the human brain during the past two decades that it's fair to speak of a revolutionary change in our understanding. The era of the Old Brain is giving way to that of the New Brain.

Development, Part 1
A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
by John J. Ratey, M.D.
She was doing it again. That young woman who periodically showed up dressed in a Western shirt and kerchief was standing in front of the automatic sliding doors at the Safeway supermarket.

Your Baby's Amazing Brain
Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love
by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.
Remember that feeling of excitement and exhilaration the day your baby was born? You examined her tiny face and gazed with amazement into her unaccustomed eyes wondering what she must be feeling in her first experience of the outside world.

Nature or Nurture? It's All in the Brain
What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life
by Lise Eliot, Ph.D.
Wouldn't you know it? Just as I get this beautiful, healthy neuron filled with dye and ready to image, Julia wakes up and starts crying. The experiment takes a long time to set up; I've been at it most of the day and need just ten more uninterrupted