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Why do we yawn?
I've read a new study which suggests that yawning may help you keep a cool head. Also, the findings might hold some hope for sufferers of insomnia, migraines, and even epilepsy.
Is there any ...
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If the brain has no pain receptors, how come you can get a headache?
I've read many years ago in books, that the brain has no nerves on it, and if someone was touching your brain, you couldn't feel a thing.
Just two days before now, I had a very bad migraine, due to a ...
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SPINAL CORD: Do the axons from white matter synapse with the cell bodies in grey matter?
After wading through a sea of information, I understand the main differences between the white matter and grey matter of the spinal cord.
I know that white matter contains myelinated axons in the ...
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How does cerebrospinal fluid circulate in the central nervous system?
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricles and in the 4th ventricle of the brain. CSF then circulates through the ventricles of the brain and the ...
