..or so i was told..

just curious - can the brain repair itself in anyways?

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Originally posted by UglyDave can the brain repair itself in anyways?

i wouldve thought the central nervous system wasnt particularly capable of repairing itself

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buggar, cause i'm either getting old, or the excessive drug abuse of the previous few years is makin me stupid!!

lungs can repair itself.. brain and spinal chord can't.. once you damage your brain or spinal chord, its perminant.

lungs can repair themselves, but it takes a looong time

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Originally posted by aliyans lungs can repair itself.. brain and spinal chord can't.. once you damage your brain or spinal chord, its perminant.

Which is why when you suffer a spinal injury and become paralyzed, its 99.9% of the time for life. The same with brain cells, cut off oxygen to them, they die, and they dont regenerate properly.

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Originally posted by aliyans lungs can repair itself.. brain and spinal chord can't.. once you damage your brain or spinal chord, its perminant.

so you're tellin me i'm screwed

doomed to a life of stupidity

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Originally posted by UglyDave so you're tellin me i'm screwed doomed to a life of stupidity

Anyone can become 'unstupid', its just a matter of whether you are motivated enough to educate yourself.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

Aren't they doing some tests with lizzards and humans? so after a while humans could regenerate?

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A person's lungs could repair themselves, now as far as your brain goes, no. Sure you could regenerate certain neurons and cells but if a part of your brain shuts down, there is no possibility of recuperating it. Your brain is the organ that makes everything else work...your brain has no feeling or a switch to fix itself.

Lungs just take a long time but it's possible...perhaps not perfectly but close enough.

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Originally posted by Kaidreas Aren't they doing some tests with lizzards and humans? so after a while humans could regenerate?

Indeed they have. But the tests went horribly wrong. These lizard-human hybrids, complete with full regenerative abilities, broke free of their glass confinement areas and took control of the facility. Luckily a specialized team of marines was sent in to take the evil lizard men down and save the world from certain domination at their scaled hands.

without dragging this topic up again but:

brain damage = terri shiavo

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