• Question: How sensitive is the brain to damage

    Asked by anon-294178 to Emma on 12 May 2021.
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      Emma Yhnell answered on 12 May 2021:

      Great question!
      The skulls provides some protection to the brain so that is good for traumatic brain injuries like bumping your brain.
      The other thing that can make the brain sensitive to damage is our genetics. It can mean we might be more likely to get certain brain diseases, but at the moment there isn’t too much that we can do about this unfortunately.
      I hope that helps 🙂

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