Brain actually is a lot different from many organs of the human body for various reasons obvious to a medical/biological graduate. It is designed such that it receives the maximum importance, and is always salvaged in the crisis sparing other organs. It could dominantly influence the other parts of the body and the converse is not possible (I strongly feel it).
Few notable things are..
1) Blood brain barrier
2) Immunological privilege
3) Cell fate of neurons- inability to divide. (neurogenesis) causing irreversibility of the damages.
4) Modulation of the structural and functional aspects of the brain through the behavior. This reciprocity between the brain and the behavior is the most fascinating thing I suppose.
5) Plasticity : The ability of the brain to modulate itself to functionally adapt /compensate structural defects or to meet the demanding needs.
Few notable things are..
1) Blood brain barrier
2) Immunological privilege
3) Cell fate of neurons- inability to divide. (neurogenesis) causing irreversibility of the damages.
4) Modulation of the structural and functional aspects of the brain through the behavior. This reciprocity between the brain and the behavior is the most fascinating thing I suppose.
5) Plasticity : The ability of the brain to modulate itself to functionally adapt /compensate structural defects or to meet the demanding needs.
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