The injury disrupts normal function of the brain and can lead to permanent damage.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Only cells in your brain make the enzymes that produce certain neuron transmitters that are responsible for brain function.

只有脑细胞产生,促进神经传导的相关酶,由此维持大脑功能

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Well, presumably because whatever cognitive structures it takes in your brain to underwrite the ability to P-function, those cognitive structures have been broken, so they no longer work.

大概是因为,无论你大脑中的什么认知结构,使得人格功能性成为可能，这种认知结构都被破坏了，它们不再继续工作。

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