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Current event September 2007

 

Every year gambel’s white crowned sparrows brains go threw a shrinking process. Were they limit the amount of testosterone sent to the sound forming parts of their minds controlling the tune of their songs. This was discovered by researchers at the university of California and Washington. The action is helping doctors find new ways to treat age related illnesses like Parkinsons and Dementia. The birds testosterone levels drop and it is apparent with in twelve hours. This gives an idea on how to at the least treat these diseases. Parkinson’s is where a group of cells in the Substantia Nigra die or malfunction. These cells purpose is to produce Dopamine which is used to send information to the area of the brain that control the movement and coordination of a person. People with this disease become partially impaired and over time become completely incapable of moving at all. Doctors say as men age there testosterone levels deplete causing brain cells and neurons to die. To think that a little sparrow can help save the life of millions of people is amazing in my opinion.


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