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Abstract: New fundamental results on stem cell biology have been obtained in the past 15 years. These results allow us to reinterpret the functioning of the cerebral tissue in health and disease. Proliferating stem cells have been found in the adult brain, which can be involved in postinjury repair and can replace dead cells under specific conditions. Numerous genomic mechanisms controlling stem cell proliferation and differentiation have been identified. The involvement of stem cells in the genesis of malignant tumors has been demonstrated. Neural stem cell tropism toward tumors has been shown. These findings suggest new lines of research on brain functioning and development. Stem cells can be used to develop radically new treatments of neurodegenerative and cancer diseases of the brain. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Chapter 2 of the book "Branding Your Business: Promoting Your Business, Attracting Customers and Standing Out in the Market Place" is presented. This chapter emphasizes the importance of considering the emotions and minds of consumers in branding. The emotional system and rational system of the brain and their implications for branding are explained. The procedures involved in defining the emotional benefit of a product or service are delineated.

Chapter 18 of the book "Social Brain Matters: Stances on the Neurobiology of Social Cognition" is presented. It proposes a conceptual framework to understand and integrate the findings of research on the social brain. It examines the critical evolutionary transitions that separate human beings from other animals, which include man's acquisition of mimesis, the evolution of the anatomical structure of the brain, and the invention of symbolic notational systems to record and convey stories.

An essay is presented on how science works in consideration of brain function in connection to science, pragmatism, and multiplism. The author states that pragmatic multiplism is not a characteristic of science alone but an inescapable and inevitable characteristic of all human inquiry into material things. He relates that pragmatic multiplism is essential to human inquiry and the way brains work.

Chapter 1 of the book "Feeding the Brain: How Foods Affect Children," by C. Keith Conners is presented. It explores the relationship between food and children's behavior and mental processes. It discusses the circumstances in which chemicals in foods penetrate through the protective barriers of the brain.

A chapter of the book "DK Guide to the Human Body" is presented. It discusses the physiology of the human brain. The functions of the different parts of the human brain, such as the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the brain stem, are given. It explains the changes in the pattern of brain waves recorded as an encephalogram. The activity of the brain during sleep is also described.