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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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APR 20, 2015Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries, despite their lack of active ingredients. They have also ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
Researchers are looking to apply hibernation-like techniques already used in medicine for space travel. Trials to test i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2015Neuroscience
The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (A ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 19, 2015Neuroscience
Sarcasm might feel like a natural way to communicate to many people, but it's sometimes lost on stroke survivors. Now, a ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The body plan of octopuses is nothing if not unique, with a sophisticated brain in a soft, bilaterally symmetrical body, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Many studies indicate two or fewer alcoholic beverages a day may be good for men's hearts. But a new paper suggests dang ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy.
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Neuroscience
SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WARD OFF BRAIN ‘SHRINKAGE'
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Neuroscience
Two types of touch information - the feel of an object and the position of an animal's limb - have long been thought to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
By directly recording electrical activity from the human brain, neuroscientists at the Stanford University School of Med ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Greed got you down? Don't fret--growing evidence of how the brain is wired for relationality and prosocial behavior was ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Placebos have helped to ease symptoms of illness for centuries, despite their lack of active ingredients. They have also
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Researchers are looking to apply hibernation-like techniques already used in medicine for space travel. Trials to test i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The foot-tapping, leg-swinging and chair-scooting movements of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (A
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Sarcasm might feel like a natural way to communicate to many people, but it's sometimes lost on stroke survivors. Now, a
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Time to kiss writer's block goodbye.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The body plan of octopuses is nothing if not unique, with a sophisticated brain in a soft, bilaterally symmetrical body,
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Many studies indicate two or fewer alcoholic beverages a day may be good for men's hearts. But a new paper suggests dang
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Why happiness is infectious: you can actually smell joy.
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...
Scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 16, 2015
Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Some people learn a new skill right away, while others cannot. What is it about their brains that accounts for the varia
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...
If borne out in later work, th ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WARD OFF BRAIN ‘SHRINKAGE'
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Two types of touch information - the feel of an object and the position of an animal's limb - have long been thought to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
By directly recording electrical activity from the human brain, neuroscientists at the Stanford University School of Med
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Greed got you down? Don't fret--growing evidence of how the brain is wired for relationality and prosocial behavior was
...
Written By:
Will Hector