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The brain: is the organ located in the head and serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body and is close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision.
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AUG 14, 2017Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2017Videos
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 LeitchAUG 13, 2017Videos
Being a dog owner myself I am of the opinion that YES, OF COURSE MY DOG UNDERSTANDS ME! But what are the actual scientif ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2017Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Neuroscience
Many kids love to splash and swim in a pool or at the beach, but all too often accidents can happen, especially with you ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 09, 2017Neuroscience
Surgeons very often have music playing in the operating room. Whether it's piped in or from a CD player nearby, musi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 08, 2017Videos
As the summer continues to heat up, more and more people are flocking to the great outdoors to soak up the sun. But fun ...AUG 08, 2017Neuroscience
The expression, "It's not brain surgery!" is meant to emphasize that something isn't as complicated as ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an organelle in nerve cells that will have implications for disease research.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2017Neuroscience
While neuroscience can be mind-blowing at times, it isn't magic, and it doesn't involve illusions or sleight of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 06, 2017Videos
Glioblastoma is a type of aggressive brain tumor, and while it is rare, it's still the most common malignant primary bra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2017Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
There are still aspects of pregnancy and childbirth that continue to baffle the most experienced doctors. The most recen ...AUG 03, 2017Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2017Neuroscience
"It's all in your head!" Many people say this when they think of diet, exercise or kicking a bad habit. It ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 02, 2017Videos
The liver is often overshadowed by other major organs, such as the heart and the brain. But make no mistake about it, wi ...AUG 02, 2017Neuroscience
Patients who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are often isolated socially because of the impairme ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2017Neuroscience
Wearable technology is a cutting edge field of research and development with hundreds of possible devices and applicatio ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 31, 2017Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 31, 2017Neuroscience
Regarding brain development, the first few years of life are when hundreds of skills are being acquired, and virtually t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have identified a drug that has slowed the progression of a rare genetic disease in clinical trials.
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
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
Being a dog owner myself I am of the opinion that YES, OF COURSE MY DOG UNDERSTANDS ME! But what are the actual scientif
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2017
Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Neuroscience
Many kids love to splash and swim in a pool or at the beach, but all too often accidents can happen, especially with you
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Surgeons very often have music playing in the operating room. Whether it's piped in or from a CD player nearby, musi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2017
Videos
As the summer continues to heat up, more and more people are flocking to the great outdoors to soak up the sun. But fun
...
AUG 08, 2017
Neuroscience
The expression, "It's not brain surgery!" is meant to emphasize that something isn't as complicated as
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an organelle in nerve cells that will have implications for disease research.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2017
Neuroscience
While neuroscience can be mind-blowing at times, it isn't magic, and it doesn't involve illusions or sleight of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 06, 2017
Videos
Glioblastoma is a type of aggressive brain tumor, and while it is rare, it's still the most common malignant primary bra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
One reason cancer is so deadly is that cancer cells can break away from where they originated and spread disease through
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are still aspects of pregnancy and childbirth that continue to baffle the most experienced doctors. The most recen
...
AUG 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2017
Neuroscience
"It's all in your head!" Many people say this when they think of diet, exercise or kicking a bad habit. It
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2017
Videos
The liver is often overshadowed by other major organs, such as the heart and the brain. But make no mistake about it, wi
...
AUG 02, 2017
Neuroscience
Patients who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are often isolated socially because of the impairme
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Wearable technology is a cutting edge field of research and development with hundreds of possible devices and applicatio
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 31, 2017
Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Regarding brain development, the first few years of life are when hundreds of skills are being acquired, and virtually t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers from Stanford University have pinpointed a particular cluster of approximately 5,000 nerve cells within a mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard