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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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APR 28, 2015Neuroscience
Pericles had it. Abraham Lincoln had it. So did Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Clarence Darrow, Mahatma Gandhi, ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 28, 2015Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Air pollution can shrink brains, lead to cognitive problems and even cause silent stokes, according to new research publ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease are linked in a pathway that contro ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Neuroscience
The study looked at 10 healthy infants aged between one and six days old and 10 healthy adults aged 23-36 years. Infants ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a man's head onto a donor's body has said that he could do m ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
"Listen to your heart," sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Plants & Animals
Navigating a cluttered environment at high speed is among the greatest challenges in biology. Yet it's one virtually all ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Neuroscience
The power of invisibility has long fascinated man and inspired the works of many great authors and philosophers. In a st ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Neuroscience
Lips are the most exposed erogenous zone, which makes kissing feel very good.
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Videos
Researchers use a new technique that is 10-times faster than standard MRI scanners to illustrate how the hundreds of mus ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Health & Medicine
The bloodier, the better.
Do you like your steak rare or well done? The answer could influence how mentally s ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
The brains of babies 'light up' in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Pericles had it. Abraham Lincoln had it. So did Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Clarence Darrow, Mahatma Gandhi,
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Air pollution can shrink brains, lead to cognitive problems and even cause silent stokes, according to new research publ
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease are linked in a pathway that contro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
The study looked at 10 healthy infants aged between one and six days old and 10 healthy adults aged 23-36 years. Infants
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a man's head onto a donor's body has said that he could do m
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 24, 2015
Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Listen to your heart," sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
Navigating a cluttered environment at high speed is among the greatest challenges in biology. Yet it's one virtually all
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In 2013, University at Buffalo researchers published a paper showing how slowing down protein synthesis can improve myel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Neuroscience
The power of invisibility has long fascinated man and inspired the works of many great authors and philosophers. In a st
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Lips are the most exposed erogenous zone, which makes kissing feel very good.
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Videos
Researchers use a new technique that is 10-times faster than standard MRI scanners to illustrate how the hundreds of mus
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
In a promising breakthrough for smokers who are trying to quit, neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Medic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
The bloodier, the better.
Do you like your steak rare or well done? The answer could influence how mentally s ...
Do you like your steak rare or well done? The answer could influence how mentally s ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
The brains of babies 'light up' in a very similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, a pioneering
...
Written By:
Will Hector