Concussion Culture: How to Protect Young Athletes
In May of 2012, former NFL linebacker Junior Seau took his own life by shooting himself in the chest. Seau was dealing with depression, mood swings and insomnia.
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Mientras las relaciones entre Cuba y EE.UU. se descongelan, investigadores luchan para conectarse
El embargo económico sigue en pie, por ello las conexiones entre ambos países solo pueden llevar al trabajo conjunto en biomedicina hasta cierto punto, por ahora.
Even a Moderate Amount of Drinking Could Cause Brain Decline
Having eight to 12 drinks per week was linked to hippocampus shrinkage in a study of several hundred Londoners
Cluster of Amnesia Cases, Potentially Tied to Opioid Use, Alarms Health Officials
Researchers are concerned that the syndrome may be due to drug contamination
What Is It Like to Control a Robotic Arm with a Brain Implant?
How one woman learned to use the electrodes implanted in her brain as an extension of her nervous system.
Stem Cell Therapy Could Transform Parkinson's
Stem cell therapy is emerging as a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease
Paralyzed Rats Walk Again with Flexible Spinal Implant
Elastic material bridges gaps, relays nerve impulses, in damaged spinal cords
Scientists Are Monitoring West Nile Virus in Los Angeles Using Chickens
The birds are the first line of defense against the disease, cases of which have spiked there this fall
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The Chances of Recovering from Brain Trauma: Past Cases Show Why Millimeters Matter [Slide Show]
As doctors continue to monitor Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's condition, previous cases of brain injury resulting from bullets and other assaults can help explain what happens to the nervous system during major injuries--and how those rare recoveries are possible
Visual Cortexes: Brain-Art Competition Shows Off Neuroscience's Aesthetic Side
To highlight the artistic effort neuroscientists pour into their research images, a nonprofit group held a friendly competition. We review the top entries and winners
Raising the Dead: New Species of Life Resurrected from Ancient Andean Tomb
Ecuadorian scientists have revived a new species of yeast from pre-Incan tomb, illuminating prehistoric life
The Reading Brain
Do you enjoy reading books? Reading is one of the unique activities that only humans do, and we have not been doing it for that long! People have been practicing spoken communication using a language system with grammatical rules for at least 100,000 years.
What Does the Hippocampus Do?
New findings on people with a damaged hippocampus suggest a bold rethinking of the way we map the brain
First Drug for Aggressive MS Nets FDA Approval
Researchers say the medication is a significant improvement over other treatments
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Regaining Consciousness: One Patient’s Story [Video]
After a new brain-scanning approach revealed that a seemingly vegetative young woman was actually conscious, she started down the road to a partial recovery
One Woman's Ability to Sniff Out Parkinson's Offers Hope to Sufferers
A musky odor may lead to new diagnostic tools for the neurodegenerative disease
Developing Brains Fold Like Crumpled Paper to Get Their Convolutions
A single mathematical function explains how both a sheet of paper and a developing brain folds
Will Studies of 700 Pro Fighters Help Predict Future Brain Damage?
Researchers hope blood and brain scans may detect new clues
Mapping the Mind: Online Interactive Atlas Shows Activity of 20,000 Brain-Related Genes
A meticulously constructed atlas of the human brain reveals the molecular roots of mental illness—and of everyday behavior
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New Tyrannosaur Discoveries Reveal Details about T. rex [Slide Show]
A flood of new tyrannosaur finds is helping to shed light on how their gargantuan successor developed