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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 04:25 PM
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could this be what is wrong with Bush's real brain?
Brain Area Found to Be Smaller in Cocaine Addicts

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A part of the brain involved in both drug craving and judgment appears to be smaller in cocaine addicts than in healthy people, researchers have found.

Analyzing brain scans from 27 people addicted to cocaine and 27 healthy adults of the same age, the researchers found that in the drug abusers, a brain structure called the amygdala was smaller than normal.

Exactly what the finding means is not yet clear, but several pieces of evidence suggest that reduced volume in the amygdala may predispose a person to cocaine addiction, the study's senior author told Reuters Health.


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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=594&e=3&u=/nm/20041119/hl_nm/brain_cocaine_dc
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 04:31 PM
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1. Well if *ush sneezes he is liable to blow it out his nose...
:think:
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petepillow Donating Member (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 04:35 PM
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2. so that's why he's always smirkin. tryin to stifle a sneeze..
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 04:41 PM
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3. That's just the half of it, chronic alcohol abuse atrophies the brain also
Hey, what about that physical, busy-boy?
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