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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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AUG 05, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Neuroscience
Fish oil supplements may benefit older people with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's disease (AD).Written By: Annie LennonJUL 31, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
When we are rewarded for an action, the nature of that reward can have a major effect on future decisions and behavior. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a novel tool to help epilepsy patients predict their risk of seizure. The technology has to u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2024Cardiology
High-intensity exercise will likely improve your long-term brain and heart health.Written By: Savannah LoganJUL 17, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has shown how a technique that measures patterns of brain activity can be used to diagnose and monitor obse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Migraines are far worse than a bad headache. As many as 14 percent of the world's adults may suffer from these excru ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some diseases are caused by errors in the sequences of particular genes. These diseases could be cured, if there were re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2024Cannabis Sciences
New research suggests gestational exposure to cannabidiol (CBD) alters behavior in mouse offspring and also affects neur ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 24, 2024Neuroscience
Women who undergo premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy (PBO), or ovary removal, before menopause have reduced white matt ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 10, 2024Neuroscience
Sildenafil- known most commonly as 'viagra'- improves brain blood flow and blood vessel function in patients at risk of ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 04, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has used a mouse model to show that maternal obesity appears to affect the behaviors of offspring through a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2024Genetics & Genomics
While some genes have been linked to specific disorders, it may not always be clear how changes in those genes can lead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a new, non-invasive way to monitor blood flow in the brain. Scientists have created a soft, stretchable patch t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The trillions of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract have a variety of important roles, and can affect us in ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2024Genetics & Genomics
During the development of a human embryo, a structure called the neural tube grows and will eventually give rise to the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Humans carry a gene called APOE that encodes for a protein called apolipoprotein E. There are several variations of this ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express; protein-coding genes are carefully regulated so that the correct proteins w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, a disease called chronic wasting disease has been spreading among North American deer. Scientists and e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a gene called SCN2A are known to cause seizures in infants, and have been associated with autism spectrum d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have identified a biomarker that reveal the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), years in advance.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Neuroscience
Fish oil supplements may benefit older people with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 31, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
When we are rewarded for an action, the nature of that reward can have a major effect on future decisions and behavior.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a novel tool to help epilepsy patients predict their risk of seizure. The technology has to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2024
Cardiology
High-intensity exercise will likely improve your long-term brain and heart health.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUL 17, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has shown how a technique that measures patterns of brain activity can be used to diagnose and monitor obse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Migraines are far worse than a bad headache. As many as 14 percent of the world's adults may suffer from these excru
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's extremely difficult to study the inner workings of the human brain, and researchers who seek to do so usually rely
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some diseases are caused by errors in the sequences of particular genes. These diseases could be cured, if there were re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
New research suggests gestational exposure to cannabidiol (CBD) alters behavior in mouse offspring and also affects neur
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 24, 2024
Neuroscience
Women who undergo premenopausal bilateral oophorectomy (PBO), or ovary removal, before menopause have reduced white matt
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 10, 2024
Neuroscience
Sildenafil- known most commonly as 'viagra'- improves brain blood flow and blood vessel function in patients at risk of
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has used a mouse model to show that maternal obesity appears to affect the behaviors of offspring through a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
While some genes have been linked to specific disorders, it may not always be clear how changes in those genes can lead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is a new, non-invasive way to monitor blood flow in the brain. Scientists have created a soft, stretchable patch t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The trillions of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract have a variety of important roles, and can affect us in ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
During the development of a human embryo, a structure called the neural tube grows and will eventually give rise to the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Humans carry a gene called APOE that encodes for a protein called apolipoprotein E. There are several variations of this
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express; protein-coding genes are carefully regulated so that the correct proteins w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In recent years, a disease called chronic wasting disease has been spreading among North American deer. Scientists and e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a gene called SCN2A are known to cause seizures in infants, and have been associated with autism spectrum d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have identified a biomarker that reveal the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), years in advance.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch