How can this ghost, made out of some kind of metaphysical ectoplasm,
influence brain matter without being detected?
Not exact matches
Black said it's not possible to know yet whether the extra gray
matter is transmitting information that somehow contributes to tics or whether reduced amounts of white
matter elsewhere in the
brains of kids with Tourette's may somehow
influence the movements and vocalizations that characterize the disorder.
When people eat a plant - heavy diet, the fiber from the plant
matter ferments in the gut and creates short - chain fatty acids, which, in turn, regulate the immune system and
influence gene expression in the
brain and elsewhere.
Mindset is instrumental to healing, since our thoughts
influence our tendency towards inflammation, our propensity to develop pathology, the density of our
brain matter, and our attainment of allostasis — the adaptive activation of neural, neuroendocrine and neuroendocrine - immune mechanisms to maintain stability in the face of stressful challenges (McEwen, 1998).
Children in the same friendship networks
influence each other in
matters of dress, behavior, and language, leading to identifiable characteristics of group members that become the basis for group labels (e.g., jocks or
brains).