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Submitted by Jodie Lin (guest) on Tue, 02/06/2007 - 2:46am.

Following the webpost " Behavior and Addiction", I started wonering how this applies to the disorders alot of people suffer in this world. I'm talking about disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Because behavior and brain are so deeply connected with each toher, if a person suffered from a stroke, could the damaged part of the brain stop the body from having the urge to throw-up or stop eating? I ask this because in a way, these eating disorders become extremely addictive as time goes by, often times, it becomes a habitual thing. Would the 10^12 neurons in our brain have anything to do with it? Would it have any effect on these urges?

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