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Myth or Fact? A little stress is good for the brain.

May 9, 2016June 4, 2016 knowingneurons 4 Comments 52 Brain Facts, Benefit, Brain, Dread, glucocorticoid, Hippocampus, Hormone, Hypothalamus, LTP, Memory, Neuroscience, Plasticity, Risk, Roller coaster, stress, Synapse, Time

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Love is in the air! Or is that oxytocin?

February 11, 2013March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee 3 Comments 2012, Hormone, Hurlemann, Hypothalamus, Journal of Neuroscience, Love, Oxytocin, Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females, Scheele, Valentine’s Day

Have you noticed the chocolates wrapped in bright red paper, teddy bears holding pink hearts in all the stores, and the endless supply of diamond commercials on television? Indeed, this… Read more

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