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Are children with Angelman syndrome really happy?

February 6, 2018February 7, 2018 Joel Frohlich 2 Comments Angelman syndrome, Brain Disorders, Cure, Disorders, Happiness, Health, Lobotomy, mood, Mood Disorders, Neurodevelopment, Neurology, Neuroscience, Parenting, Prefrontal Cortex, Psychiatry, Treament, Wellbeing

Imagine that your child has a neurological condition. A condition that could stop your child from ever speaking or walking.

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Uncategorized

High Fat Diet May Prevent Sudden Death in Epilepsy

October 11, 2017October 10, 2017 Tamsin Irwin 0 Comments ALS, Alzheimer's, Brain health, Cell Metabolism, Diet, Epilepsy, genes, Health, high-fat diet, Hippocampus, Ketogenic, Ketogenic diet, mitochondria, Motor neuron disease, Parkinson's, Seizure drugs, Seizures, SUDEP

The human brain consists of highly complex circuitry which is wired to elicit a synchronous pattern of electrical signals. This

Interviews Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Mental Health is a Part of Health: A Conversation with Shekhar Saxena

November 8, 2016June 30, 2017 Anita 0 Comments Anxiety, Conversation, depression, Global, Health, Interview, Mental, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Policy, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Research, Science, SfN, SfN16, Shekhar Saxena, Society for Neuroscience, WHO, World Health Organization

In a recent presidential town hall, President Obama looked directly into the camera and made a powerful statement about mental

52 Brain Facts

Myth or Fact? Eating blueberries is good for your brain.

May 30, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons 1 Comment 52 Brain Facts, Blueberries, Brain, Communication, Health, Learning, Memory, Motor control, stress, Weak

Brain Basics Did You Know? Popular Articles Sensation and Perception Videos

This is Your Brain on Music

February 10, 2016March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 7 Comments Amygdala, Anatomy, Auditory cortex, Brain, Cerebellum, Distracting, Dopamine, Emotion, Genius, Health, Hippocampus, Learning, Mozart, Music, Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience, Neurotranmistt, Nucleus accumbens, Prefrontal Cortex

Brain Basics Did You Know? Learning and Memory

What a Coincidence!

May 30, 2013March 5, 2017 Ryan Jones 3 Comments Alzheimer, Alzheimer’s disease, Brain, Coincidence, Donald Hebb, Health, Hebbian, Learning, Long-term potentiation, LTP, Magnesium, Memory, Mg2+, Neuron, Neuroscience, NMDA, NMDA receptor

Coincidence is a peculiar thing. We typically think of a coincidence as the occurrence of two events that happen to

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