The Nocebo Effect
Most of us have heard of the placebo effect – the phenomenon in which patients experience improvements in health simply due to their belief in the efficacy of a medical…
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The Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Whether it be forgetting 20 years of your life or having the same conversation every five minutes only to forget it each time, memory impairment can take a large toll…
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Announcing the Knowing Neurons Patreon
e’re excited to announce that Knowing Neurons is now on Patreon! If you enjoy the neuroscience articles and illustrations that we create, please consider becoming a Patron to help support…
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One Small Map for Fruit Flies, One Giant Leap for Neuroscience
*Note: this article explores a recent paper that has been reviewed and published in its preprint form, before peer review.
hile there is a certain majesty in the convoluted wrinkles…
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High Fat Diet May Prevent Sudden Death in Epilepsy
he human brain consists of highly complex circuitry which is wired to elicit a synchronous pattern of electrical signals. This allows for communication between differing regions of the brain. When…
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Weird Animal Brain: Moth
These beautiful little creatures are incredibly skilled at sniffing out mates. The pheromone the females release is called bombykol. Scientists are on the hunt for exactly how this pheromone activates…
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Unwrap the Gift from the Deadliest Toxin
EXTERIOR SCROOGE’S DOOR – CHRISTMAS EVE
Knock! Knock! Scrooge answers the door.…
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