Word: brained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frequently advanced -- and hotly disputed -- theory is that aggression is a biologically rooted impulse of young males. Some experts suggest that there may be a genetic component to hostile behavior; others attempt to tie it to levels of different chemicals that circulate through the body and brain. One of them is testosterone. Production of this male sex hormone rises dramatically during puberty, a period usually marked by intense sexual desire and strong aggressive tendencies. Some studies indicate that particularly rough athletes or violent prisoners have higher than normal testosterone levels...
...number of drug-related murders in the nation's capital has averaged well over one a day so far this year. The figures in New York City, Los Angeles and Detroit reveal that these cities are not far behind. Thousands of babies are now being born with severe brain damage because their mothers are addicted to crack...
Controlling the daily cycles is a cluster of 10,000 nerve cells -- altogether about the size of the head of a pin -- that are located in the hypothalamus, a segment of the brain. Some biological timepieces appear to take their cue from temperature or barometric pressure, but many are synchronized with the cycle of light and darkness caused by the rising and setting of the sun. Experiments conducted in caves, like the one in New Mexico, and others in special laboratories purposely remove all such cues. In Follini's module the temperature was a constant 69 degreesF, and the only...
...Pamela Rae Stewart spent a week in a San Diego jail in 1986 on charges that she had failed to provide for her baby by defying her doctor's advice to stop using street drugs during pregnancy. Stewart's child was born brain damaged and died six weeks later. The charges were eventually dropped...
...They can be teachers. They can be brain surgeons. We have to help them become brain surgeons. That's my job. I want to take them all in my arms and say, "Your baby is beautiful and so are you and, honey, you can do it. And when you want to be a brain surgeon, call me -- I will take care of your baby." That's the attitude you have to have about human life. But we don't want...