Boffins reveal how human brain designs a memory New Kerala
Washington, Nov 9: An article published in the journal Neuron has shed light on how the human brain weaves a memory.
Neuron Cell Stickiness May Hold Key To Evolution Of The Human Brain Medical News Today
The stickiness of human neurons may have been a key factor in why the human brain evolved beyond the brains of our primate relatives. In a study comparing the genomes of humans, chimpanzees, mice and other vertebrates, researchers at the U.S. [click link for full article]
Could Interbreeding Between Humans and Neanderthals Have Led to an Enhanced Human Brain? Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Might mating between an ancient human and a Neanderthal - perhaps occurring in only a single instance - have introduced a gene variant into the human population that enhanced human brain function?
A Silent Pandemic: Industrial Chemicals Are Impairing Brain Development Of Children Worldwide Science Daily
Researchers found that 202 industrial chemicals have the capacity to damage the human brain, and they conclude that chemical pollution may have harmed the brains of millions of children worldwide.
Brain Injury May Occur Within One Millisecond After Head Hits Car Windshield Science Daily
Center neurologist shows that brain injury may occur within one millisecond after a human head is thrust into a windshield in a car accident. This happens before any overall motion of the head following impact with the windshield and is a new concept to consider for doctors interested in traumatic brain injury.
Scientist digs into the human brain Pensacola News Journal
Use it or loose it.
Industrial Chemicals Impair Child Brain Development Environment News Service
BOSTON, Massachusetts , November 7, 2006 (ENS) - Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that 202 industrial chemicals have the capacity to damage the human brain.
How The Brain Weaves A Memory Science Daily
Memories of events comprise many components -- including sights, sounds, smells and tastes. Somehow the many features of an episodic memory are woven together into a coherent whole, and researchers have had little understanding of how this binding takes place as the memories are processed by the brain's memory center, the hippocampus. A central question has been whether the hippocampus receives
Gene Linked With Mental Illness Shapes Brain Region, Researchers Find Science Daily
A gene variant associated with mental illness goes hand-in-hand with enlargement of a brain region that handles negative emotions, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System have found.
Less Radiation Just As Effective In Fighting Brain Tumor, Saving Hearing, Study Shows Science Daily
Radiation oncologists have found that giving less radiation than usual is just as effective against a benign but potential devastating brain tumor called an acoustic schwannoma, and better yet, might save more of the patient's hearing. They compared two groups among 115 patients with acoustic schwannomas treated at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital between 1994 and 2005. Both had effective

The Secret Life of the Brain
PBS show, offering a history of the brain, anatomy, illusions, brain scanning, and development from child through adult.
the human brain dissections of the real brain

Your Gross and Cool Body - The Human Brain
But human brains are larger and heavier in comparison to the human body, than any other animal. Underneath your scalp, sits a brain that, as it has grown,
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Howstuffworks "How Your Brain Works"
But the human brain is unique. It gives us the power to think, plan, speak, imagine Find out all about this amazing organ.