Crippled arm leads to changes in brain

[microrobert]

Crippled arm leads to changes in brain

Swiss scientists have shown that breaking your arm can affect your brain. It appears that immobilising the broken limb reduces the thickness of part of the cerebral cortex.

The study highlights how rapidly the brain can adapt in response to environmental changes, a phenomenon known as brain 'plasticity'.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articl...m?topic=health

[The Journeyman]

That's probably why you find so many autistic patients with exceptional abilities in certain areas, as a result of certain areas of the brain compensating for the degradation in other parts during development.

Eat blueberries, take fish oil, exercise, learn a new skill < all help stimulate neurogenesis.