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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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MAY 10, 2017Neuroscience
Addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol, has its roots in the brain. Brain chemistry and activity is significantly altere ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 09, 2017Videos
Amnesia is the classic soap opera condition where someone wakes up and doesn't remember who they are, recognize people f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 09, 2017Neuroscience
It used to be a common belief that newborns and very young babies could not feel pain. Once they did start to develop th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Placebo pills are designed to have no effect. Yet, when participants who recently endured a breakup were given a saline ...MAY 08, 2017Neuroscience
When a patient loses a limb, to injury or disease, the recovery is long and arduous. Re-learning how to do many daily ta ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 05, 2017Health & Medicine
A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to b ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible to bypass countless hours of endurance training by popping a stamina pill? Recent research in mouse studi ...MAY 05, 2017Cancer
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk f ...MAY 04, 2017Videos
Known on the street as "ecstasy," "E," "Molly," and "millennial aspirin," MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a ...MAY 04, 2017Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 03, 2017Videos
Neuroplasticity refers to the idea that your brain changes its structure based on what you do in your life. Although thi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Not every organ in our body ages at the same rate. How young or old an organ is, relative to our chronological age, coul ...MAY 03, 2017Neuroscience
Having diabetes can cause a host of complications beyond just blood sugar. So can being overweight or obese. For patient ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2017Neuroscience
Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) is a rare brain disorder and can be devastating to families. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
Men who took high doses of testosterone performed worse on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection—the pro ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
Gamers can now significantly speed up the reconstructing of brain cells’ intricate architecture—a fundamenta ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
To see if students actually enjoy a class—and get along with their classmates—check their brainwaves, a new ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Videos
Do you have a helper sit in the passenger seat of your car and read a traditional map to find your way from point A to p ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
It’s a fact that when learning a second language, the younger a person is, the quicker they will pick up a second ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2017Videos
If you've ever participated in any strenuous physical activity, you probably received the advice to stay well hydrated. ...APR 28, 2017Videos
It's a strange but universally accepted phenomenon that you just can't tickle yourself. Even with the most sensitive spo ...APR 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Abnormal levels and types of gut bacteria may be behind chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers report. The findings add t ...
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 09, 2017
Videos
Amnesia is the classic soap opera condition where someone wakes up and doesn't remember who they are, recognize people f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 09, 2017
Neuroscience
It used to be a common belief that newborns and very young babies could not feel pain. Once they did start to develop th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Placebo pills are designed to have no effect. Yet, when participants who recently endured a breakup were given a saline
...
MAY 08, 2017
Neuroscience
When a patient loses a limb, to injury or disease, the recovery is long and arduous. Re-learning how to do many daily ta
...
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 05, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible to bypass countless hours of endurance training by popping a stamina pill? Recent research in mouse studi
...
MAY 05, 2017
Cancer
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk f
...
MAY 04, 2017
Videos
Known on the street as "ecstasy," "E," "Molly," and "millennial aspirin," MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a
...
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
MAY 03, 2017
Videos
Neuroplasticity refers to the idea that your brain changes its structure based on what you do in your life. Although thi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not every organ in our body ages at the same rate. How young or old an organ is, relative to our chronological age, coul
...
MAY 03, 2017
Neuroscience
Having diabetes can cause a host of complications beyond just blood sugar. So can being overweight or obese. For patient
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2017
Neuroscience
Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) is a rare brain disorder and can be devastating to families.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Men who took high doses of testosterone performed worse on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection—the pro
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Gamers can now significantly speed up the reconstructing of brain cells’ intricate architecture—a fundamenta
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
To see if students actually enjoy a class—and get along with their classmates—check their brainwaves, a new
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Videos
Do you have a helper sit in the passenger seat of your car and read a traditional map to find your way from point A to p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s a fact that when learning a second language, the younger a person is, the quicker they will pick up a second
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 28, 2017
Videos
If you've ever participated in any strenuous physical activity, you probably received the advice to stay well hydrated.
...
APR 28, 2017
Videos
It's a strange but universally accepted phenomenon that you just can't tickle yourself. Even with the most sensitive spo
...
APR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You’ve never seen a black hole before. Everything you’ve come across on the Internet so far has only either
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Abnormal levels and types of gut bacteria may be behind chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers report. The findings add t
...