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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 18, 2014Health & Medicine
An advertising campaign for a popular candy bar uses the phrase "you're not you when you're hungry" in humorous commerci ...APR 17, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
We all had Silly Putty as children, the wonderful toy that we used for everything from bouncy balls to pencil holders to ...APR 10, 2014Neuroscience
Generally, there are six emotions that are considered the basics for cognitive analysis - anger, happiness, fear, surpri ...APR 08, 2014Neuroscience
Sensations of a gentle touch may sound like a lyric in a love song or a movie coming soon to your local theater, but it ...APR 02, 2014Infographics
The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2014. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebr ...MAR 20, 2014Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, cancer will occur in more than 1.6 million individuals this year in the United ...MAR 18, 2014Neuroscience
People do cost-benefit analyses in their heads on a daily basis, but don't bother to think about the brain mechanics beh ...MAR 17, 2014Neuroscience
If you could take a test and find out that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? Would y ...FEB 14, 2014Neuroscience
Opsins are light-sensitive proteins that have been put to great use in the field of optogenetics-the control and monitor ...FEB 13, 2014Videos
This 4-minute captioned video shows the intricate mechanisms involved in the progression of Alzheimer's disease in t ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 11, 2014Videos
The human brain contains more than a hundred billion neurons. Just like a single ant could never build an anthill, a sin ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 03, 2014Videos
The brain-eating amoeba has caused quite a stir in the U.S, after infecting 2 kids this month alone. Naegleria Flowleri ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 03, 2014Neuroscience
Do you remember all those times as a child when you were frustrated with your big brother and you called him a monkey-br ...JAN 28, 2014Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove ...JAN 20, 2014Neuroscience
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the worlds of microbiology and neurochemistry, it can be worth even more ...JAN 06, 2014Neuroscience
"Brain Training" programs and apps have been gaining in popularity in recent years. For those of you who thought that's ...DEC 07, 2013Neuroscience
People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades b ...OCT 13, 2013Health & Medicine
A new brain connectivity study from Penn Medicine published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences fou ...OCT 01, 2013Videos
Brain training games claim to boost your mental skills. But while practicing a game might make you better at it, researc ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 11, 2013Videos
Scientists have come up with a way to make whole brains transparent, so they can be labelled with molecular markers and ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
APR 18, 2014
Health & Medicine
An advertising campaign for a popular candy bar uses the phrase "you're not you when you're hungry" in humorous commerci
...
APR 17, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
We all had Silly Putty as children, the wonderful toy that we used for everything from bouncy balls to pencil holders to
...
APR 10, 2014
Neuroscience
Generally, there are six emotions that are considered the basics for cognitive analysis - anger, happiness, fear, surpri
...
APR 08, 2014
Neuroscience
Sensations of a gentle touch may sound like a lyric in a love song or a movie coming soon to your local theater, but it
...
APR 02, 2014
Infographics
The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2014. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebr
...
MAR 20, 2014
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, cancer will occur in more than 1.6 million individuals this year in the United
...
MAR 18, 2014
Neuroscience
People do cost-benefit analyses in their heads on a daily basis, but don't bother to think about the brain mechanics beh
...
MAR 17, 2014
Neuroscience
If you could take a test and find out that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? Would y
...
FEB 14, 2014
Neuroscience
Opsins are light-sensitive proteins that have been put to great use in the field of optogenetics-the control and monitor
...
FEB 13, 2014
Videos
This 4-minute captioned video shows the intricate mechanisms involved in the progression of Alzheimer's disease in t
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 11, 2014
Videos
The human brain contains more than a hundred billion neurons. Just like a single ant could never build an anthill, a sin
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 03, 2014
Videos
The brain-eating amoeba has caused quite a stir in the U.S, after infecting 2 kids this month alone. Naegleria Flowleri
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 03, 2014
Neuroscience
Do you remember all those times as a child when you were frustrated with your big brother and you called him a monkey-br
...
JAN 28, 2014
Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove
...
JAN 20, 2014
Neuroscience
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in the worlds of microbiology and neurochemistry, it can be worth even more
...
JAN 06, 2014
Neuroscience
"Brain Training" programs and apps have been gaining in popularity in recent years. For those of you who thought that's
...
DEC 07, 2013
Neuroscience
People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades b
...
OCT 13, 2013
Health & Medicine
A new brain connectivity study from Penn Medicine published today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences fou
...
OCT 01, 2013
Videos
Brain training games claim to boost your mental skills. But while practicing a game might make you better at it, researc
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
APR 11, 2013
Videos
Scientists have come up with a way to make whole brains transparent, so they can be labelled with molecular markers and
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis