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Brain physiology
The brain in the central organ of the nervous system and facilitates bodily functions including senses, movement, emotions, communication, thinking, and memory. There are three parts of the brain: cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. The cerebrum consists of the right and left hemisphere and is involved in functions like touch, vision, hearing, speech, reasoning, and emotions. The cerebellum regulates muscle movements and balance. The brain stem is responsible for automatic functions like breathing, body temperature, digestion, sneezing, and swelling.
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SEP 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigators have been working to learn more about a totally new class of chemicals that are released in response to in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Most people have experienced it. A person yawns and then a few minutes later, another person nearby yawns. Is it always
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie schizophrenia, which can be a debilitating psychiatric disorder. New
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
In this video, you can see a 2017 Koch Institute Image Award winner, "Body of Knowledge." This research is part of the D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Basic science has led researchers to important conclusions about menopause; the work may help bring relief to the many w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2017
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists are not the only ones who have wished that there was a way to see how the brain processes information an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Might it be possible to use drugs to selectively edit out traumatic memories in people that are suffering from mental di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2017
Neuroscience
While there are many neurodegenerative diseases that can devastate patients and families, Huntington’s disease rem
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 03, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine pointing a flash light toward a cave and hearing the echo from within? No? The analogy appears absurd, b
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 10, 2017
Neuroscience
Addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, has its roots in the brain. Brain chemistry and activity is significantly altere
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to b
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2017
Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2017
Neuroscience
The capacity of the brain to store and recall information rivals that of any super computer. There are even events where
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an extreme fear of dirt or bacteria. Patients that su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Neuroscience
It happens at a microscopic level, but learning and processing memories impacts the structure of neurons on the brain. I
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2017
Neuroscience
In medical science, death is declared after certain conditions are met. Normally it’s the cessation of a heart bea
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a lack of reliable treatment options for autism, due in part to a poor understanding of how the disease works o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2017
Videos
When you tell someone not to do something, are they going to listen; or are they more motivated than ever to do it? Scie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A study from researchers from the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at the University of Colorado, Boulder shows that g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2017
Microbiology
JUPITER, FL – February 6, 2017 – The most frightening aspect of Zika virus has been its ability to produce s
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 28, 2017
Videos
Last night I woke up to banging and realized that a man was outside my bedroom window trying to break the lock to steal
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2017
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is a concern in areas like youth sports and professional football, but nowhere is it mor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sleep is defined as a reversible condition of reduced responsiveness usually associated with immobility. The decreased a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan