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Havana syndrome

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Havana Arerum Could Be a Functional Disorder

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Havanna sindrum could be an example of something called a functional disorder. These kinds of disorders are just beginning to be understood because they don't usually in of observable structural damage in the brain. A functional disorder is less about how the brain looks than about how it works, how it's communicating. To kind of conceptualize this, think of the brain as a city centre with neural pathways snaking through it like streets.

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