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Brain
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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MAY 30, 2017Infographics
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a success, raising over $115 million for research and patient services, but what’ ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 30, 2017Neuroscience
How we learn to speak and understand language and how the brain processes it is not entirely understood, but neuroscient ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 29, 2017Neuroscience
There is no known cure or treatment for autism, but that doesn’t stop researchers from looking for any possible op ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2017Cardiology
The human heart begins to beat four weeks into pregnancy, which means that cardiac valve defects develop as early as fou ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 23, 2017Videos
Bilingual people can speak multiple languages fluently, and according to some experts, they may visualize time different ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2017Neuroscience
It’s been said that “You are what you eat” and many scientific studies bear this out. A healthy diet c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2017Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New research investigated how our enteric nervous system is organized.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq ...MAY 19, 2017Immunology
The same gene in the brain that codes for a biochemical “self-destruct trigger” in some tissues prote ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 19, 2017Videos
Stun guns are commonly used by law enforcement to demobilize non-compliant suspects who pose a threat to not only law en ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2017Health & Medicine
While current guidelines for acute stroke treatment indicate that removing brain clots should only be done within six ho ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2017Neuroscience
When it comes to the brain and the battle of the sexes, is bigger always better? Well, that’s been an area of rese ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have reported the discovery of a novel signaling pathway in the brain, and the findings may have implication ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2017Videos
According to 2012 data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 2 million Americans are addicted to ...MAY 17, 2017Cannabis Sciences
As we age, memory can be impacted. Older adults usually show some signs of cognitive decline, but it varies from person ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 16, 2017Neuroscience
When it comes to studying the brain, imaging is everything. The technology that allows brain tissue, neurons and network ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 15, 2017Videos
100,000,000,000,000. One hundred trillion, that is the number of bacteria that live in and on you. That number is so inc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2017Neuroscience
How babies develop from a fetus, to a newborn, to a toddling little human is something both scientists and parents watch ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2017Videos
Pregnancy causes a host of characteristically visible changes in a woman's body. However, some of the biggest changes ma ...MAY 13, 2017Videos
Strokes, also known as cerebrovascular accidents or brain attacks, occur when cells in the brain die due to insufficient ...MAY 11, 2017Neuroscience
The brain is an incredibly complex organ. It powers and controls every bodily function, processes thoughts and memories, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2017
Infographics
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a success, raising over $115 million for research and patient services, but what’
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 30, 2017
Neuroscience
How we learn to speak and understand language and how the brain processes it is not entirely understood, but neuroscient
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 29, 2017
Neuroscience
There is no known cure or treatment for autism, but that doesn’t stop researchers from looking for any possible op
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2017
Cardiology
The human heart begins to beat four weeks into pregnancy, which means that cardiac valve defects develop as early as fou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 23, 2017
Videos
Bilingual people can speak multiple languages fluently, and according to some experts, they may visualize time different
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s been said that “You are what you eat” and many scientific studies bear this out. A healthy diet c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research investigated how our enteric nervous system is organized.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq
...
MAY 19, 2017
Immunology
The same gene in the brain that codes for a biochemical “self-destruct trigger” in some tissues prote
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2017
Videos
Stun guns are commonly used by law enforcement to demobilize non-compliant suspects who pose a threat to not only law en
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2017
Health & Medicine
While current guidelines for acute stroke treatment indicate that removing brain clots should only be done within six ho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2017
Neuroscience
When it comes to the brain and the battle of the sexes, is bigger always better? Well, that’s been an area of rese
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have reported the discovery of a novel signaling pathway in the brain, and the findings may have implication
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2017
Videos
According to 2012 data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 2 million Americans are addicted to
...
MAY 17, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
As we age, memory can be impacted. Older adults usually show some signs of cognitive decline, but it varies from person
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2017
Neuroscience
When it comes to studying the brain, imaging is everything. The technology that allows brain tissue, neurons and network
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 15, 2017
Videos
100,000,000,000,000. One hundred trillion, that is the number of bacteria that live in and on you. That number is so inc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Neuroscience
How babies develop from a fetus, to a newborn, to a toddling little human is something both scientists and parents watch
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2017
Videos
Pregnancy causes a host of characteristically visible changes in a woman's body. However, some of the biggest changes ma
...
MAY 13, 2017
Videos
Strokes, also known as cerebrovascular accidents or brain attacks, occur when cells in the brain die due to insufficient
...
MAY 11, 2017
Neuroscience
The brain is an incredibly complex organ. It powers and controls every bodily function, processes thoughts and memories,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim