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Such a survivor. Such a complicated mass of neural wiring. Such a tangle of contradictions. His upbringing should have produced a temperamental brat. He peanut-buttered the neighbors' windows. As his endlessly indulgent mother Leah says, "His badness was so original that there weren't even books to tell you what to do." Steven Spielberg's precocious success might have created a pampered tyrant. But as Leah says, and as everyone who knows him agrees, "He doesn't have a blown-upness about...
...hopping. The London press thought not. Noting Haig's drawn, tired features after one meeting, the Daily Mirror trumpeted, HOW MUCH MORE CAN HAIG'S HEART STAND? Haig's heart is not the only questionable factor. Virtually all of the thousands of the body's neural, hormonal and metabolic processes are also taxed in global jet travel...
...search of what they call the "neural substrate," the two researchers began implanting sensitive electrodes into the brains of anesthetized monkeys. The electrodes monitored individual cell responses from within the visual cortex; in a laborious process, Hubel and Wiesel tested the reaction of specific cells in specific areas of the visual cortex to the specific images placed before a monkey's eyes...
...development of a new technique that can determine whether observed AFP levels are attributable to neural tube defects or to other possible causes has improved the effectiveness of the genetic screening process, Holmes said...
...Getting the information across stands between the present time and any widespread testing," Erbe said. Many people have never heard of the defects caused by neural tube defects, Holmes said. Furthermore, because the defects are often fatal, there are few visible examples in society of their effects. he emphasizes that a strong commitment to education and counseling is essential...