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Cerebral Organoids Reveal New Angles for Understanding the Human Brain

Claudia Nguyen , , , , , ,
When you think of researchers growing “mini-brains,” you might picture a mad scientist out of a sci-fi or horror movie. But the reality looks quite different. Cerebral organoids, often colloquially… Read more
Multilingual Spanish 

Migración Neuronal: Una “Puerta Corredera” para el Futuro del Cerebro

Ilaria Vitali , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Artículo original: Neuronal Migration: A “Sliding Door” for the Future of the Brain , Ilaria Vitali Traducido por Sebastián Martínez ~~~ ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo cada célula de… Read more
Brain Development Science Policy 

Compartmentalizing A Culture War: A Stem Cell Biologist’s Relationship With Abortion Policy

Yuki Hebner , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
The use of fetal tissue for scientific research has long been at the intersection of political polarization and medical breakthroughs. In 2019, the Trump administration passed restrictions on human fetal… Read more
Big Ideas Brain Development Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders 

Dialogues in Music Therapy and Social Neuroscience: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Clinical Progress

Filippo Pasqualitto , , , , , , , ,
In his book “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, the neurologist Oliver Sacks stated that music can “calm us, animate us, comfort us, thrill us, or serve to organize… Read more
Brain Development Infographics Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders 

What is Alexander Disease?

Rajamani Selvam , , , , , , , , ,
Alexander disease is an extremely rare neurological disorder that severely impairs the functions of nervous system leading to intellectual disability and developmental delay. In this infographic, neuroscientist Rajamani Selvam explains… Read more
Brain Basics Brain Development 

Neuronal Migration: A “Sliding Door” for the Future of the Brain

Ilaria Vitali , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Have you ever wondered how each cell of our body reaches its correct place? It is even more astounding when you realize that our body is formed from only two… Read more
Brain Development Culture 

What Were You Thinking!?: Teenagers show different processing of positive and negative consequences across adolescence

Jack-Morgan Mizell , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Anyone who has spent time around teenagers knows they don’t always consider the full consequences of their actions. Just consider the dozens of YouTube videos involving falling dressers or fireworks… Read more
Brain Development Learning and Memory 

A Tale of Plasticities

Cameron McKay , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
You may have heard it repeated in the media and pop culture that humans’ brains don’t change at all after birth. However, the past several decades of neuroscience research have… Read more
Neuro Primer: Neurodevelopment
Brain Basics Neuro Primer 

Neuro Primer: Neurodevelopment

Gabrielle Torre , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Spanish Translation also available here: Neuro Cartilla: Neurodesarrollo ~~~ How does your brain become a brain? Neurodevelopment is the crucial process through which every brain is formed.… Read more
Brain Development Neuro News 

Mind the Gap: New Evidence on How Neurons Connect Left and Right Brain Halves

Sophie Fessl , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ur brains are split into two halves, a left hemisphere and a right hemisphere. While the left brain specializes in languages, the right brain specializes in faces. But the two… Read more
Brain Basics Brain Development Did You Know? Learning and Memory Sensation and Perception 

Reading: The Brain’s Best Hijacker

Gabrielle Torre , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
What are you doing right now? I’m no psychic, but I can say for certain one thing that you’re doing: reading. You’re reading this sentence, word by word, and extracting… Read more
Brain Basics Brain Development Did You Know? Learning and Memory Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies Sensation and Perception 

How does fundamental research help you?

Kayleen Schreiber , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Sometimes it’s hard to understand why scientists do what they do. Why spend a career studying cells, fungus, or flies? Other than being nerdy and wanting to learn about our… Read more
Did You Know? Sensation and Perception 

When the blind can see again: A critical question of perception

Kate Fehlhaber , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Our sense of sight is arguably our most important sense.  Imagine how different your life would be if soon after birth, you lost the ability to see.  For over 1.4… Read more
Brain Development Did You Know? Videos 

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Discusses the Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain

Jillian L. Shaw , , , , , , , , , , ,
What brain regions are employed when we interact with other people?  Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains the “social brain” in her TED talk and sheds light on the complex networks… Read more
Smells Like Teen Synapses: A Look Inside Adolescent Brains and Behaviors
Aging Brain Development 

Smells Like Teen Synapses: A Look Inside Adolescent Brains and Behaviors

knowingneurons , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
“I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child,… Read more
Brain Development Learning and Memory Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders 

Genetic Tricks To Reverse Schizophrenic Symptoms

Jooyeun Lee , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
The human brain continues to develop and form new connections from birth until as late as the mid-20s. During this time, billions of connections are made and broken as the… Read more
Neuro News Sensation and Perception 

Hearing is Believing: Cells that Enable Hearing after Birth

Kate Fehlhaber , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
The sense of hearing is a critical part of how we experience life and the world around us. It is so important, in fact, that the ears are fully formed… Read more
Brain Development Did You Know? Learning and Memory Sensation and Perception 

What Songbirds Tell Us About Human Nature

JuanVelasquez , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Every once in a while, we hear of amazing scientific feats about how some new drug successfully reduces weight without dieting or exercise in monkeys, or how scientists slowed aging… Read more