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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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NOV 11, 2015Neuroscience
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 10, 2015Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn ...NOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 07, 2015Videos
You may have heard of a strange condition that some people are born with known as synesthesia, which is when people are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2015Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plots involving brain chips, mind control and robots. All of that makes exciting ent ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2015Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2015Neuroscience
When we watch television or use a computer, so much of what goes on in that machine is unseen. Tiny transistors, compute ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 30, 2015Videos
Humans are among one of the few types of species that walk the Earth that pick a mate for life. Most different types of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2015Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 28, 2015Neuroscience
Does the noise of another person chewing gum or slurping their soup drive you to distraction? If you are unable to tune ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 27, 2015Neuroscience
Energy drinks like Red Bull and mini shots like Five Hour Energy are attractive to teenagers. They promise a quick ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2015Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 23, 2015Videos
The body has five main senses that it uses to detect the world around it: feel, hearing, sight, smell, and taste. The si ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2015Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2015Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 21, 2015Neuroscience
While there are many ways to image the brain including CT scans, PET scans and MRIs, the best way to observe and monitor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2015Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 19, 2015Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 15, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Neural stem cells give rise to neurons, which are the cells which make up the nervous system including the brain. They a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 15, 2015Neuroscience
While it might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, researchers in Toronto conducted brain research by using a hig ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 14, 2015Neuroscience
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 KimOCT 10, 2015Videos
Over just the last few decades, technology has come a long way. Whether you're talking about consumer electronics, helpi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 07, 2015Neuroscience
The NFL is known for a lot of things. Big players tackling each other, cheerleaders, the Super Bowl, and sadly, for inju ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Neuroscience
The term “earworm” is used to describe what if feels like when a song gets stuck in your head. It’s ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn
...
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 07, 2015
Videos
You may have heard of a strange condition that some people are born with known as synesthesia, which is when people are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plots involving brain chips, mind control and robots. All of that makes exciting ent
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2015
Neuroscience
When we watch television or use a computer, so much of what goes on in that machine is unseen. Tiny transistors, compute
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 30, 2015
Videos
Humans are among one of the few types of species that walk the Earth that pick a mate for life. Most different types of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2015
Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Does the noise of another person chewing gum or slurping their soup drive you to distraction? If you are unable to tune
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Energy drinks like Red Bull and mini shots like Five Hour Energy are attractive to teenagers. They promise a quick
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 23, 2015
Videos
The body has five main senses that it uses to detect the world around it: feel, hearing, sight, smell, and taste. The si
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2015
Videos
The average height of a fully-grown male in the United States is 5' 9.5", which means anyone around that height figure i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2015
Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 21, 2015
Neuroscience
While there are many ways to image the brain including CT scans, PET scans and MRIs, the best way to observe and monitor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 19, 2015
Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 15, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neural stem cells give rise to neurons, which are the cells which make up the nervous system including the brain. They a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 15, 2015
Neuroscience
While it might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, researchers in Toronto conducted brain research by using a hig
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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
OCT 10, 2015
Videos
Over just the last few decades, technology has come a long way. Whether you're talking about consumer electronics, helpi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The NFL is known for a lot of things. Big players tackling each other, cheerleaders, the Super Bowl, and sadly, for inju
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim