Does anybody have some insight into the physiology behind the zombie disease. When the guy in the CDC explained what they had found occurs when one turns is that the brainstem comes back to life but the majority of the cortex does not. How can the zombies be as functional with only a working brainstem. So many areas of the cortex are needed for the integration of information just to keep the visual, auditory, and voluntary skeletal muscle contraction systems going.
In addition to this why is that the significant loss of brain function drives them to become carnivores, and cannibals at that. If they are purely eating to sustain life why do we not see them eating plants, inanimate objects, etc.
Maybe I am BioMed student-ing too far into this but if anybody has an explanation it would be wicked!
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Does anybody have some insight into the physiology behind the zombie disease. When the guy in the CDC explained what they had found occurs when one turns is that the brainstem comes back to life but the majority of the cortex does not. How can the zombies be as functional with only a working brainstem. So many areas of the cortex are needed for the integration of information just to keep the visual, auditory, and voluntary skeletal muscle contraction systems going.
In addition to this why is that the significant loss of brain function drives them to become carnivores, and cannibals at that. If they are purely eating to sustain life why do we not see them eating plants, inanimate objects, etc.
Maybe I am BioMed student-ing too far into this but if anybody has an explanation it would be wicked!
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