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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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NOV 08, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain have found that dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactiv ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2020Cannabis Sciences
There has been growing interest in recent years for cannabis to treat central nervous system disorders. And so far, ther ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Health & Medicine
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition with a spectrum of symptoms that include pervasive musculoskeletal pain accompa ...Written By: Angela DowdenNOV 05, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A study published in Nature Communications highlights a new explanation of how fish swim in schools, a technique they us ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A main characteristic of Alzheimer disease is an aggregate of a protein (peptide) clump in the brain leading to memory l ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have identified a brain circuit that may explain why, as people age, they tend to lose motivation t ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is chronic degeneration of the central nervous system, particularly in the regi ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 28, 2020Cancer
Radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy is the go-to treatment for head and neck cancers. Unfortunately, head and neck t ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 26, 2020Cancer
Amongst the more common targets for cancer therapies are cell surface receptors. These receptors are proteins – us ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes in our genome is controlled by many factors, one of which are chemical tags or structural changes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic imaging scientists have developed a software tool for predicting the future onset of cerebral palsy in babies ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 24, 2020Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 24, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified two regions in our DNA that seem to contri ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Michigan State University have found that placebos reduce markers of emotional distress- even when the ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 22, 2020Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 21, 2020Immunology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most progressive autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system where ...Written By: Heba El-wassefOCT 21, 2020Neuroscience
Professor Johnjoe McFadden, a researcher from the Univerity of Surrey in the UK, has proposed a new theory for conscious ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 21, 2020Cannabis Sciences
While cannabinoids usually get attention for their recreational effects, these molecules play a role in several other pr ...Written By: Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain have found that dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
There has been growing interest in recent years for cannabis to treat central nervous system disorders. And so far, ther
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Health & Medicine
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition with a spectrum of symptoms that include pervasive musculoskeletal pain accompa
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
NOV 05, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A study published in Nature Communications highlights a new explanation of how fish swim in schools, a technique they us
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A main characteristic of Alzheimer disease is an aggregate of a protein (peptide) clump in the brain leading to memory l
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have identified a brain circuit that may explain why, as people age, they tend to lose motivation t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is chronic degeneration of the central nervous system, particularly in the regi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 28, 2020
Cancer
Radiotherapy alone or with chemotherapy is the go-to treatment for head and neck cancers. Unfortunately, head and neck t
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 26, 2020
Cancer
Amongst the more common targets for cancer therapies are cell surface receptors. These receptors are proteins – us
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes in our genome is controlled by many factors, one of which are chemical tags or structural changes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic imaging scientists have developed a software tool for predicting the future onset of cerebral palsy in babies
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 24, 2020
Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 24, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified two regions in our DNA that seem to contri
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Michigan State University have found that placebos reduce markers of emotional distress- even when the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 22, 2020
Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 21, 2020
Immunology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most progressive autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system where
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
OCT 21, 2020
Neuroscience
Professor Johnjoe McFadden, a researcher from the Univerity of Surrey in the UK, has proposed a new theory for conscious
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 21, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
While cannabinoids usually get attention for their recreational effects, these molecules play a role in several other pr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon