FUN FACTS
- Brain doesn’t feel the pain → lacks pain receptors that means neurosurgeons can operate on the brain while patients are awake.
- Brain freeze → caused by the rapid constriction and dilation of blood vessels in the meninges
- Brain can change and adapt → constantly changing and adapting throughout life, a process called neuroplasticity where they form new brain connections.
- Brain’s energy consumption → it consume excessively high energy during stressful situations.
- Brain sleep → lack of sleep can cause beta amyloid formation and that affects brain firing.
