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Hippocampus volume loss due to chronic heavy drinking.

Heavy drinking may selectively damage the hippocampus.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17067350
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Teaching With The Brain In Mind
by Eric Jensen
Basic introduction to the brain and its various systems- a revision of a
bestseller.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1416600302/eegspectrum
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