Continuing the thought:
Take Parkinson's disease for example. I know someone with this illness and he needs 24/7 care. He can do almost nothing on his own. What causes Parkinson's?
Parkinson's disease occurs when nerve cells, or neurons, in an area of the brain that controls movement become impaired and/or die. Normally, these neurons produce an important brain chemical known as dopamine. When the neurons die or become impaired, they produce less dopamine, which causes the movement problems of Parkinson's. Scientists still do not know what causes cells that produce dopamine to die.
People with Parkinson's also lose the nerve endings that produce norepinephrine, the main chemical messenger of the sympathetic nervous system, which controls many automatic functions of the body, such as heart rate and blood pressure. The loss of norepinephrine might help explain some of the non-movement features of Parkinson's, such as fatigue, irregular blood pressure, decreased movement of food through the digestive tract, and sudden drop in blood pressure when a person stands up from a sitting or lying-down position.
Many brain cells of people with Parkinson's contain Lewy bodies, unusual clumps of the protein alpha-synuclein. Scientists are trying to better understand the normal and abnormal functions of alpha-synuclein and its relationship to genetic mutations that impact Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
So when we say בחכמה we mean that our neurons are not impaired or dead and can produce sufficient dopamine. If they don't - we are finished!
We are also thankful that we have "norepinephrine", the main chemical messenger of the sympathetic nervous system. Until a second ago, most of us never heard of this chemical but now we realize how critical it is!!!
This is one example of millions! So much wisdom!!!
