Word: brained
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...doctors in Sweden tried similar surgery on four Parkinson's victims. They achieved only slight improvements that soon faded. Madrazo credits his team's success to modifications in surgical technique. The Swedes had transferred the adrenal tissue directly into a C-shaped structure in the middle of the brain called the caudate nucleus, where dopamine exerts its primary effects. The Mexicans, by contrast, used surgical staples to anchor the cells onto the exterior of the caudate, which is continually bathed in cerebrospinal fluid. This nourishing bath may have helped the graft survive. In addition, Madrazo says, he transplanted "much more...
...procedure that brought about these transformations is an unusual transplant operation, in which tissue taken from one of the adrenal glands, located above the kidneys, is implanted into the brain. Doctors have known for years that the symptoms of parkinsonism result primarily from the death of cells in a darkly pigmented part of the brain known as the substantia nigra. This region serves as a production center for dopamine, a vital neurotransmitter that helps govern such voluntary actions as walking and speaking. As it happens, there is another site in the body, outside the brain, that produces substantial amounts...
...honor. & He manages to be at once real and of mythic proportions. The cast around him is also adroit, notably Mary Alice as his long-suffering but ultimately assertive wife, Ray Aranha as his best friend, and Frankie R. Faison, both funny and affecting as Troy's brother, brain damaged in combat during World...
...quietly for 20 minutes. The first two groups experienced the least discomfort. Surprisingly, watching fish was as effective as being hypnotized. Why animals are so soothing is still a mystery. Psychiatrist Aaron Katcher of the University of Pennsylvania speculates that stroking animals and talking to them stimulates < the brain's production of its pleasure chemicals, the endorphins...
...other priests who would like to dismiss his miracles because he is an atheist and by doctors who want to examine his remarkable recuperative abilities. Vic falls off a 40-foot building and suffers only cuts and bruises. He is not even aware that the has an inoperable brain tumor that has spontaneously gone into remission...