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...loses his memory and regains it; finds a donor for a heart transplant for his and Krystle's child Krystina, then hears that the donor's mother has kidnapped Krystina; runs for governor of Colorado, against Alexis; loses the race, and nearly loses Krystle when she suffers a brain tumor and is left in a coma; and, in the last episode, has a shoot-out with a corrupt policeman and is left in a pool of blood. In a reunion movie three years later, Blake is released from prison for the cop's murder, learns that Krystle has come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charlie's an Angel Now: John Forsythe Dies at 92 | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

...what shocked the researchers was that extended-access rats also showed deficits in their "reward threshold." That is, unrestricted exposure to large quantities of high-sugar, high-fat foods changed the functioning of the rats' brain circuitry, making it harder and harder for them to register pleasure - in other words, they developed a type of tolerance often seen in addiction - an effect that got progressively worse as the rats gained more weight. "It was quite profound," says study author Paul Kenny, an associate professor of neuroscience at the Scripps Research Institute. The reward-response effects seen in the fatty-food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Eating Junk Food Really Be an Addiction? | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

...extended-access rats also showed a lowered level of a certain type of dopamine receptor in the brain, which is thought to contribute to pleasure-seeking behavior in humans. "Human cocaine addicts, people who are obese, alcoholics and heroin addicts also show a down-regulation of this dopamine D2 receptor," says David Shertleff, director of the division of basic neuroscience and behavioral research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "This system is geared toward motivating behavior normally, but what's happening here is, with chronic exposure to highly fatty and sweet manufactured food, you're actually getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Eating Junk Food Really Be an Addiction? | 4/3/2010 | See Source »

...Brain Break Begins...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Most Important Meal Of The Day: FlyBy Does Brain Break (Part 4) | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...Brain Break Begins...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Most Important Meal Of The Day: FlyBy Does Brain Break (Part 4) | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

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