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What do you know about the Brain?
Basic Facts:
* It weighs 2.5 lbs on average
* It's made of 100,000,0000,000 (100 billion) neurons.
* It loses almost half its neurons by programmed cell death during embryonic development.
* It rewires itself with every experience.
* It doesn't feel pain when a surgeon cuts it.
* It produces two cups (500 cc) of cerebrospinal fluid every day.
* It is soft, life tofu.
What does it contain beyond the basics? The universe.
-- Frederick E. LePore, MD 2013 |