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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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JUN 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dementia is a generic term used to describe a wide range of diseases related to brain malfunction that leads to memory l ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2015Videos
On a bright day when you go outside, you're more than likely to start squinting. It's the body's natural response to lim ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2015Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 21, 2015Neuroscience
If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain k ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 14, 2015Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 12, 2015Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative brain disorder that occurs when the brain stops producing the neurotransmi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Life expectancy in the US is at an all-time high, according to a 2014 report released by the Centers for Disease Control ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2015Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau ...Written By: Will HectorJUN 05, 2015Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 04, 2015Videos
The summer months are upon us, and depending where you live, you probably sweat every time you spend more than 15 minute ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2015Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2015Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou ...Written By: Will HectorJUN 01, 2015Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 30, 2015Neuroscience
Visualize broccoli. It might not be a bumper sticker yet, but focusing the mind's eye on healthy eating could be a key t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 29, 2015Plants & Animals
In the Mekong region of Thailand, you will find a really unique species of wasp that hunts and devours cockroaches in pr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2015Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 28, 2015Neuroscience
A Stanford University study, described in Scientific Reports and reported by Laura Sanders in Science News, shows that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 27, 2015Technology
A major step forward in creating intelligent robots-ones that learn to perform tasks without having to be programmed-wil ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 26, 2015Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 23, 2015Neuroscience
Do you remember how nervous you were on your first date? Did you take a shot of alcohol to overcome the anxiety or did y ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
Robotic prosthetic arms are gaining a lot of recent interest after neuroscientists at the California Institute of Techno ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dementia is a generic term used to describe a wide range of diseases related to brain malfunction that leads to memory l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2015
Videos
On a bright day when you go outside, you're more than likely to start squinting. It's the body's natural response to lim
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Young children living in stressful family situations show the effects of cortisol, known as "the stress hormone," on the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 21, 2015
Neuroscience
If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain k
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 14, 2015
Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative brain disorder that occurs when the brain stops producing the neurotransmi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Life expectancy in the US is at an all-time high, according to a 2014 report released by the Centers for Disease Control
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 08, 2015
Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 05, 2015
Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau
...
Written By:
Will Hector
JUN 05, 2015
Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 04, 2015
Videos
The summer months are upon us, and depending where you live, you probably sweat every time you spend more than 15 minute
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2015
Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou
...
Written By:
Will Hector
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Visualize broccoli. It might not be a bumper sticker yet, but focusing the mind's eye on healthy eating could be a key t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 29, 2015
Plants & Animals
In the Mekong region of Thailand, you will find a really unique species of wasp that hunts and devours cockroaches in pr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2015
Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A Stanford University study, described in Scientific Reports and reported by Laura Sanders in Science News, shows that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 27, 2015
Technology
A major step forward in creating intelligent robots-ones that learn to perform tasks without having to be programmed-wil
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 26, 2015
Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Do you remember how nervous you were on your first date? Did you take a shot of alcohol to overcome the anxiety or did y
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Robotic prosthetic arms are gaining a lot of recent interest after neuroscientists at the California Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard