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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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MAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
The literary great Marcel Proust wore ear-stoppers because he was unable to filter out irrelevant noise - and lined his ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Pigeons might never ask noontime park-bench noshers to share their lunch, but the birds known for their relative intelli ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 13, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the basic structural organization of a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
In a study that helps to deconstruct how olfaction is encoded in the brain, neuroscientists at University of California, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
Narcolepsy, a chronic central nervous system disorder that occurs when the brain cannot normally regulate cycles of slee ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Earth & The Environment
A recent article on the dailymail.com website reported on a discovery made in Heslington, York. In 2009 a human skull wa ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Neuroscience
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that a naturally-occurring prot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The human connectome can be described as a map of the millions of connections between all of the neurons in the brain. M ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 10, 2015Videos
Imagine being able to manipulate light waves to see through a skull right into the brain, or to use lasers to diagnose a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, Calif, has determined the basic structural ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
The literary great Marcel Proust wore ear-stoppers because he was unable to filter out irrelevant noise - and lined his
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Pigeons might never ask noontime park-bench noshers to share their lunch, but the birds known for their relative intelli
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has determined the basic structural organization of a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
In a study that helps to deconstruct how olfaction is encoded in the brain, neuroscientists at University of California,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Narcolepsy, a chronic central nervous system disorder that occurs when the brain cannot normally regulate cycles of slee
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A recent article on the dailymail.com website reported on a discovery made in Heslington, York. In 2009 a human skull wa
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers has found that a naturally-occurring prot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human connectome can be described as a map of the millions of connections between all of the neurons in the brain. M
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Videos
Imagine being able to manipulate light waves to see through a skull right into the brain, or to use lasers to diagnose a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Lindsay Borthwick, Yale
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Thousands of genetic "dimmer" switches, regions of DNA known as regulatory elements, ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
A University of Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration that has developed an exciting and expansive
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, Calif, has determined the basic structural
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Conventional wisdom suggests that part of the reason it can be difficult to make decisions is because of the number of c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
If you walk into your local drug store and ask for a supplement to help you sleep, you might be directed to a bottle lab
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider