This service is by invitation only and may be held at a place of worship, a funeral home or a family home. Usually, selected relatives and a few close friends attend the funeral service. Often public visitation is held, condolences are sent, and the body is viewed.
Sept. 4, 2012 -- Blood sugar levels at the high end of what is considered normal may put the brain at risk, according to a new Australian study. Researchers in Canberra report a link between the shrinkage of two brain regions, the hippocampus and the amygdala, and normal blood sugar levels.
Pick's disease is a type of frontotemporal dementia, which causes shrinkage degeneration of the nerve cells of temporal and frontal lobes or areas of the brain. In Pick's disease, there is excessive build-up of protein in the brain cells.This causes shrinkage degeneration of the nerve cells of temporal and frontal lobes or areas of the brain. These areas of the brain are important to decision-making, language, emotion, personality, and behavior control.n Pick's disease, there is excessive build-up of protein in the brain cells. This causes shrinkage degeneration of the nerve cells of temporal and frontal lobes or areas of the brain.