what does a brain look like after its been damaged by inahlants?
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have you seen an egg, and then an egg on drugs?  Same thing
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interesting question. I'm not sure I think it would depend on how you die. If it was something that would affect your brain like spine injury or stroke probly not but maybe if you have a heart attack your brain can still process for a few seconds while it still has blood that your heart stopped and you are dying. I do know that the brain can still work when cut off from the body (for a few seconds.) When they decapitated people they told them to blink until they couldn't anymore and the people would blink for almost 30 seconds after the head was cut off until they bleed to death. Kinda scary...
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No, once the brain is damaged it can not repair itself. However depending on the extent of damage, other parts of the brain can take over some of the functions of the damaged area.
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A huge effect. duh. It destroys your brain cells
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The level measured in normal human brain (removed within 2 hours of death) is approximately 1.3 µmol/cm3.  The half-life of GABA in a brain that has gone through traumatic oxygen deprivation, followed by loss of ionic control, is unknown, making it difficult to estimate what the level of GABA is in a functioning brain (this is true of all the neurotransmitters).
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There is another covering over the brain, called the dura mater - it's like a heavy membrane between the brain and the skull bone. But you would be surprised at how many people have had bone removed from the skull and a metal plate put in to replace it. People who have been injured in the war (shrapnel was a big causative factor during WW1 and 2) or in traffic accidents or industrial accidents, farm accidents -- a surprising number of people have lost bone from the top of their heads. . The brain is amazingly sturdy, and unless the brain itself was damaged, it would still function. The main concern would be keeping it sterile and keeping it moist.\nThis isn't a new problem -- there are mummies from Ancient Egypt who had been trepanned (that's what they call opening a hole in the top of the skull and taking a piece of bone out) and who survived the operation. We know they survived because the edges of the bone showed signs of growth and regeneration, so that meant they lived months or years after the operation.
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Your brain is mostly damaged in the part where a certain part of the spinal cord is damaged. Neurons do not regenerate. They get killed and don't come back. Nerve cells don't normally regenerate themselves.
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There's still so much we don't know about how the brain compensates for the damage caused by stroke or brain attack. Some brain cells may be only temporarily damaged, not killed, and may resume functioning. In some cases, the brain can reorganize its own functioning. Sometimes, a region of the brain "takes over" for a region damaged by the stroke. Stroke survivors sometimes experience remarkable and unanticipated recoveries that can't be explained. General recovery guidelines show:\n\n10 percent of stroke survivors recover almost completely\n25 percent recover with minor impairments\n40 percent experience moderate to severe impairments requiring special care\n10 percent require care in a nursing home or other long-term care facility\n15 percent die shortly after the stroke\n\nCheers!
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Your question is a very difficult one to answer because there are a lot of variables.  Age, area of brain injured, severity of injury are just a few of the variables that would impact recovery.  Some individuals never fully recover while others have a miraculous recovery.  There is no clear cut answer to your question.
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That 10% story has fallen to Urban Myth status.  New medical imaging techniques can now show which parts of the brain are in use during particular functions, such as speaking, reading, listening to music, etc.  Turns out that your brain uses many differnt parts to do most functions, but certiain functions TEND to concentrate in particular areas.\n\nWhat remains of the myth, though, may actually help understand what I said in the last paragraph.  Many people who have hade severe brain damage and loss of many functions, can sometimes regain at least some ot those functions when the brain learns to use other, undamaged parts to do what the damaged parts used to.\n\nYeah, a vital organ.  An artificial heart can keep a person going, but with no brain, even a beating heart runs in an empty shell.
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No, but it does effect the cells in your brain which can never be replaced.
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It can damage your brain in many ways.  Seazures and cadiac complications from GHB leading to hypoxia (lack of Oxygen) or even death are not uncommon. If your brain goes without oxygen for even a short time profound and irreversable brain damage can occure\n\nMany studies have found GHB and other related drugs when used over time can lead to destuction of neural pathways in the brain.  There is also an increased risk of stroke, asperation and resulting hypoxia, head or injury due to CNS depression, risky or dangerous behavior resulting in serious injury due to decreased coginitve function and perception. \n\nThe margen of saftey is very small with GHB and since it is  illegal in the US for all but a very, very small groupe of rare narcoleptics, any GHB gotten from street sources varies widly in quality, dosage and purity.  Many substances used to cut or increase the effects of the street product can be as harmful or even more harmful to your brain than the GHB its self. Some of these contaminants or additives also greatly increase the risk of seazures and other serious life treatening complications of the GHB.
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Yes, it's generally considered the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for higher-level planning and evaluation.  I recommend reading the macabre but interesting stroy of Phineas Gage, linked below, to get a sense of what happens when this area is damaged.
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From the things you claim to believe in your question I would guess that your brain is your least vulnerable  organ.
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yes u better go now thats a sign of brain injury.goooooooooooooo let me know what happens best of luck
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The brain floats in a cushion of cerebral fluids and when a blow is strong enough to overcome the cushioning, the brain is diffusely affected; the whole brain is shocked. The brain can spend up to a week in hyper-metabolic activity, taking in many nutrients, before it recovers.
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I'm a Registered Nurse, and I have worked with seriously injured people. You need a CAT Scan.  You may have a subdural hematoma. This can be very serious, and life-threatening unless it is treated.  Go to a neurologist.  If it happens at night, go to the emergency room.  Have some drive you.  Let me know how you make out.