11 May 2015
Amazing Brain Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
We often hear that the human brain is an amazing organ. How amazing is it? Here are a few things you probably did not know about the human brain:
- The brain does not contain any pain receptors, so the brain does not ‘feel’ pain.
- During early pregnancy, a baby in the womb has a brain developing at 250,000 neurons per minute. Once you become an adult, you can still develop new neurons, but only in response to stimulating activities.
- There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain.
- The human brain has the most fat of any of the organs. Doctors estimate that …read more