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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 21, 2015Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
Akin to the way chainmail's tight weave repels an attacking sword blade, the blood-brain barrier keeps guard of our brai ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 13, 2015Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 11, 2015Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 10, 2015Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 09, 2015Videos
One U.S. military veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury seeks to relieve his symptoms using cognitive rehabilitation thera ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
A new study has unveiled an interesting paradox in our late-night snacking habits. It turns out the nachos with beer or ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Nerve cells and blood vessels engage in a chemical discussion to keep healthy and avoid disease, according to a new stud ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Everybody wants to find a cure for Alzheimer's. When something looks good, people are likely to get very excited.
< ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) led by Artur Kania, Ph.D., uncovered the critical ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmit ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Akin to the way chainmail's tight weave repels an attacking sword blade, the blood-brain barrier keeps guard of our brai
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 11, 2015
Neuroscience
More than 100 million Americans are victims of chronic pain, resulting in annual costs of approximately $600 billion in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 10, 2015
Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 09, 2015
Videos
One U.S. military veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury seeks to relieve his symptoms using cognitive rehabilitation thera
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...
An ar ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study has unveiled an interesting paradox in our late-night snacking habits. It turns out the nachos with beer or
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...
They hav ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Nerve cells and blood vessels engage in a chemical discussion to keep healthy and avoid disease, according to a new stud
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Everybody wants to find a cure for Alzheimer's. When something looks good, people are likely to get very excited.
< ...
< ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 29, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) led by Artur Kania, Ph.D., uncovered the critical
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmit
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider