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Hippocampus
The hippocampus has a unique shape, similar to that of a horseshoe. It not only assists with the storage of long term memories, but is also responsible for the memory of the location of objects or people. We would not even be able to remember where our house is without the work of the hippocampus. Alzheimer's disease, (a disease that affects elderly people and often results in loss of memory) has been proven to have affected and damaged this area of the brain.
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NOV 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
As a species, humans have close living relatives in other primates. Researchers have been looking at the things that mak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2017
Neuroscience
When a person is stressed, the brain is working overtime to process everything. It can be short-term stress like a car a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2017
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists and medical researchers have known for a while that seizures can cause memory loss. This is especially r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 16, 2017
Neuroscience
Video games and the brain will always be a hotly debated topic. While some studies say they can desensitize players to r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigators have been working to learn more about a totally new class of chemicals that are released in response to in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2017
Neuroscience
One of the most important functions of the brain is to get us around our environment. It powers the muscles, processes w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2017
Neuroscience
​Look around at where you are right now. How will you get home? How will you get to work or the coffee shop or the gym?
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2017
Neuroscience
Dancing the night away to good music is something young people often do. Seniors aren't always able to get out as mu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 22, 2017
Microbiology
Your gut is a long way from your brain, but problems with your gut microbiome could lead to problems with your brain by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 17, 2017
Neuroscience
Video games have long been a source of controversy in neuroscience and other research work. Studies on players an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2017
Neuroscience
One of the crucial parts of the brain's function is to learn things and store what's necessary, so it's avai
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study, men and women have different immune responses to bipolar disorder. The findings have big
...
JUL 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects about 1 million people in the United States. It’s a progressive disease, of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 17, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 18, 2017
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 04, 2017
Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 01, 2017
Videos
Do you have a helper sit in the passenger seat of your car and read a traditional map to find your way from point A to p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 16, 2017
Neuroscience
Most everyone is familiar with acronym ADHD. It stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It’s characte
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 15, 2017
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is well known for its devastating effect on memory and cognition. People who deal with it
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Japanese scientists have confirmed the diagnosis of Down syndrome in a 24-year-old female chimp named Kanako. This marks
...
FEB 07, 2017
Neuroscience
No matter where you go, there will be some particulate matter in the air you breathe. Some of it occurs naturally, like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for
...