Posts Tagged brain damage

August 25, 2010 / Ketone bodies, Neuroprotectors

The seven effects of ketone bodies making them powerful neuroprotectors

There are seven traits allowing ketones to serve as neuroprotectors during brain damage: they require only three steps to enter the Krebs cycle (footnote a) - compare with 9 steps obligatory f

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August 19, 2010 / Methodology, Theories

Books by Alexander Luria in English

A.R. Luria was one of the most significant psychological researchers and theorists of the 20th century. He is considered to have founded the field of neuropsychology, and he had a great influence on a

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May 6, 2010 / Intrinsic brain activity, Theories

The resting brain is not silent

Is the brain just a vessel, which is empty until the outside world fills it with reflections of its elements? What's going on inside the calm brain of a quiet person? The current view is that it fluct

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