Knowing Neurons
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Disorders

Brain DevelopmentBig IdeasLearning and MemoryNeurological and Psychiatric Disorders
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Are children with Angelman syndrome really happy?

This post was updated on April 24, 2019 to incorporate feedback from parents. Names have been changed to protect anonymity. What is health? What is happiness? We generally imagine the… Read More
Brain BasicsNeurological and Psychiatric DisordersSleep
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The inescapable nightmare of fatal familial insomnia

A family curse During the early 1980’s, an Italian physician was investigating a mysterious and dreadful disease that had long plagued his family. In earlier generations, this disease had killed… Read More