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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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JUN 28, 2017Neuroscience
It seems wearable tech items are everywhere. Smartwatches with apps and phone service, activity trackers that monitor ex ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 27, 2017Videos
Your body may look nearly symmetrical on the outside, but on the inside it is anything but! Most of our vital organs are ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 27, 2017Videos
Glue sniffing was a rampant health problem among young teenagers in the early 1980s. The trend took off as more people d ...JUN 27, 2017Neuroscience
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 KimJUN 26, 2017Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person is driven to do things in a very sp ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 25, 2017Cell & 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 LeitchJUN 24, 2017Videos
Remember learning the five senses in elementary school? Go ahead and recite them: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 24, 2017Videos
Ommmmm........ommm.....ommmm....Am I relaxed yet? Remember to put green beans on the grocery list. Oh, and pick up the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces ...JUN 22, 2017Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, researchers report that a baby’s DNA influences a mother’s risk of pre-eclampsia, a cond ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2017Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 19, 2017Cardiology
Three minutes could mean the difference between life and death for someone in cardiac arrest. A new smartphone ap ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 19, 2017Neuroscience
It’s an iconic concept, that of “Daddy’s Little Girl,” but as it turns out, fathers who have dau ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 18, 2017Videos
You may have heard of the microbiome, the community of microbes that lives in our gastrointestinal tract, as it is getti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2017Videos
The proverb goes: an elephant never forgets. But what makes elephants have such great memories? An elephant is able to r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2017Videos
Life got you down and the tears won't stop coming? Why do we cry, and what is the science behind it? Why are humans the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2017Videos
So what is sound really? And how can just a mash up of vibrations create such lovely and horrible noises in our ears? To ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 15, 2017Videos
Immunotherapy is the way of the future in cancer care, and a recent development in this field concerns "Living drugs." M ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 15, 2017Neuroscience
While there are many neurodegenerative diseases that can devastate patients and families, Huntington’s disease rem ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2017Cancer
A tumor growing in the brain can alter immune activities that may be detectable up to five years before symptoms manifes ...JUN 14, 2017Neuroscience
Pregnancy is a time of great joy, anticipation, a little morning sickness and even some stress. Most pregnancies, howeve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 13, 2017Videos
People claim that hearing certain noises helps them to sleep better. One of the names we give this is White Noise, which ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Neuroscience
It seems wearable tech items are everywhere. Smartwatches with apps and phone service, activity trackers that monitor ex
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 27, 2017
Videos
Your body may look nearly symmetrical on the outside, but on the inside it is anything but! Most of our vital organs are
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 27, 2017
Videos
Glue sniffing was a rampant health problem among young teenagers in the early 1980s. The trend took off as more people d
...
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 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a neurobiological condition where a person is driven to do things in a very sp
...
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 24, 2017
Videos
Remember learning the five senses in elementary school? Go ahead and recite them: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 24, 2017
Videos
Ommmmm........ommm.....ommmm....Am I relaxed yet? Remember to put green beans on the grocery list. Oh, and pick up the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces
...
JUN 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Major depressive disorder impacts almost 15 million people in America. Other forms of depression and anxiety impact many
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, researchers report that a baby’s DNA influences a mother’s risk of pre-eclampsia, a cond
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 19, 2017
Cardiology
Three minutes could mean the difference between life and death for someone in cardiac arrest. A new smartphone ap
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 19, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s an iconic concept, that of “Daddy’s Little Girl,” but as it turns out, fathers who have dau
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 18, 2017
Videos
You may have heard of the microbiome, the community of microbes that lives in our gastrointestinal tract, as it is getti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2017
Videos
The proverb goes: an elephant never forgets. But what makes elephants have such great memories? An elephant is able to r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
Life got you down and the tears won't stop coming? Why do we cry, and what is the science behind it? Why are humans the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
So what is sound really? And how can just a mash up of vibrations create such lovely and horrible noises in our ears? To
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 15, 2017
Videos
Immunotherapy is the way of the future in cancer care, and a recent development in this field concerns "Living drugs." M
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2017
Cancer
A tumor growing in the brain can alter immune activities that may be detectable up to five years before symptoms manifes
...
JUN 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Pregnancy is a time of great joy, anticipation, a little morning sickness and even some stress. Most pregnancies, howeve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 13, 2017
Videos
People claim that hearing certain noises helps them to sleep better. One of the names we give this is White Noise, which
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard