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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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OCT 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Very often in neuroscience, researchers, doctors and even patients wish there was a way to literally see how the brain w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A major health and accident problem in today's society, alcohol dependence causes death, health issues and serious i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Stem cells can create tissue models that reflect human physiology. These stem cell-derived models can be used in researc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Washington State University researchers have determined that the timing of an animal's sleep can be just as imp
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
For years, males with sexual problems looking for a solution have had many drug treatments to choose from. For the first
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2015
Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Are your children drinking enough water? More than half of the children and adolescents in the United States are not. La
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2015
Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A Stanford University study, described in Scientific Reports and reported by Laura Sanders in Science News, shows that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries, despite their lack of active ingredients. They have also
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Extensive research has been conducted about the 300 different kinds of neurons in the brain and their function, but this
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Complex brain disorders, such as autism or schizophrenia, still puzzle scientists because their causes lie hidden in ear
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Microbiology
When Tsimane men come home to their families after a day of hunting, their levels of oxytocin-the "love hormone"-go up.<
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
The literary great Marcel Proust wore ear-stoppers because he was unable to filter out irrelevant noise - and lined his
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to
...
Written By:
Will Hector