The Brain Explained

The average adult human brain weighs around approximately 1.4kg and is about the size of a medium cauliflower. It contains around 100 billion nerve cells, called neurons, which are connected by 100 trillion connections, known as synapses.

Neurons are the building blocks of the brain network and the links between neurons are called Synapses. Synapses are essentially the connections between neurons where one cell speaks to another. Electrical signals, together with chemical reactions that are passed between the synapses allow the brain to carry out its many important functions, like for example memory.

1. Frontal lobe responsible for problem solving planning, behavioural control, emotion and word production.
2. Parietal lobe responsible for sensorial perception
3. Temporal lobe responsible for memory and emotion
4. Occipital lobe responsible for vision

In a healthy brain, billons of neurons exist to transmit information and send messages to different lobes and parts of the brain. During Alzheimers, the communication between neurons becomes disrupted which can lead to loss of function and cell death.¹ Tissue loss occurs in the brain and over time the brain begins to shrink, affecting almost all of the brains functions and leading to a reduction in brain volume.²

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References:

1. National Institute on Aging, ‘What Happens to the Brain in Alzheimer’s Disease’, viewed 19/1/2022.
2. Alzheimers Association, ‘Inside the Brain’, viewed 19/1/2021.