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Maintaining a
Healthy Brain
Guide to Brain Health and Wellness
About The Human Brain...
The human brain represents the single greatest system
in the universe. Weighing but two to four pounds and made up
of nearly 60% fat, this wonderful integration of brain cells
and supportive cells produces our every thought, emotion,
and behavior.
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human brain. Recently, research has demonstrated the human
brain to have the same capacity for development as the rodent
brain. Interestingly, this research suggests the hippocampus in
the human to have the same wonderful capacity to develop new
brain cells. This is most likely not coincidental as the
hippocampus is necessary and fundamental to learning and
acquisition of new information. Remember, the human brain
is the greatest information processing system!