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Neuroscientist: is a scientist who has specialized knowledge in the field of neuroscience, the branch of biology that deals with the physiology, biochemistry, anatomy and molecular biology of neurons and neural circuits and especially their association with behaviour and learning.
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FEB 01, 2016Neuroscience
Neurons are incredibly tiny, but they have a big task in the brain. Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, are ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 25, 2016Neuroscience
The Breakthrough Prize, awarded annually for groundbreaking science, is a huge deal. Funded by Internet giants Mar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 21, 2016Neuroscience
Many people take for granted the ability to look at a page of words and read them. The eyes, together with the brain, de ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 30, 2015Neuroscience
The prevalence of autism in children is at an alarming rate. The most recent research released by the CDC in March 2014 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 24, 2015Neuroscience
At this time of year, the Christmas spirit is supposed to be all around us. In our homes with family and friends or even ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Children commonly get concussions. Usually, those concussions happen while playing a sport. Concussions are caused by a ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 30, 2015Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 09, 2015Videos
Whenever you hear the word "telepathic," you think of something hardly scientific, but instead, something more along the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2015Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plots involving brain chips, mind control and robots. All of that makes exciting ent ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2015Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2015Neuroscience
While there are many ways to image the brain including CT scans, PET scans and MRIs, the best way to observe and monitor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 19, 2015Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 14, 2015Neuroscience
Very often in neuroscience, researchers, doctors and even patients wish there was a way to literally see how the brain w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 06, 2015Neuroscience
The nervous system in the human body is incredibly detailed and complex. From the tiniest neurons in the brain, to the s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 11, 2015Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 28, 2015Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Neuroscience
For the more than 15 million Americans who work unusual shifts - evening, graveyard or alternating - the news is unsettl ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2015Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau ...Written By: Will HectorJUN 03, 2015Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
Robotic prosthetic arms are gaining a lot of recent interest after neuroscientists at the California Institute of Techno ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Neurons are incredibly tiny, but they have a big task in the brain. Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, are
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 25, 2016
Neuroscience
The Breakthrough Prize, awarded annually for groundbreaking science, is a huge deal. Funded by Internet giants Mar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 21, 2016
Neuroscience
Many people take for granted the ability to look at a page of words and read them. The eyes, together with the brain, de
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 30, 2015
Neuroscience
The prevalence of autism in children is at an alarming rate. The most recent research released by the CDC in March 2014
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 24, 2015
Neuroscience
At this time of year, the Christmas spirit is supposed to be all around us. In our homes with family and friends or even
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Children commonly get concussions. Usually, those concussions happen while playing a sport. Concussions are caused by a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 09, 2015
Videos
Whenever you hear the word "telepathic," you think of something hardly scientific, but instead, something more along the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plots involving brain chips, mind control and robots. All of that makes exciting ent
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2015
Neuroscience
While there are many ways to image the brain including CT scans, PET scans and MRIs, the best way to observe and monitor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 19, 2015
Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Very often in neuroscience, researchers, doctors and even patients wish there was a way to literally see how the brain w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 06, 2015
Neuroscience
The nervous system in the human body is incredibly detailed and complex. From the tiniest neurons in the brain, to the s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 11, 2015
Neuroscience
Direct tissue transplantation can transmit the “seeds” of Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, acco
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2015
Neuroscience
For the more than 15 million Americans who work unusual shifts - evening, graveyard or alternating - the news is unsettl
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 05, 2015
Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau
...
Written By:
Will Hector
JUN 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
Robotic prosthetic arms are gaining a lot of recent interest after neuroscientists at the California Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...
An ar ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider