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Not always obeying the command of the brain
Medicine - Health

Not always obeying the command of the brain

According to researcher Christopher Knight, an associate professor at the University of Delaware's department of medical science, when we become older, neurons (neurons…

December 14, 2018
The fetus protects itself before being born
Medicine - Health

The fetus protects itself before being born

According to a study led by Yehezkel Ben-Ari of the Institute of Mediterranean Biological Neurology in Marseille (France), before confronting the birth phase, the fetus…

December 14, 2018
Nature sleep
Medicine - Health

Nature sleep

In 1953, Nathaniel Kleitman and his student Eugene Aserinsky, University of Chicago, discovered sleep marked by rapid eye movements, abbreviated as REM in English. It is…

December 14, 2018
Ultrasound affects the developing brain
Medicine - Health

Ultrasound affects the developing brain

Ultrasound - a technology familiar to babies in the womb - seems to alter the development of nerve cells in the embryonic brain

December 14, 2018
The champion brain
Medicine - Health

The champion brain

According to scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles and the California School of Engineering have demonstrated by experimenting that individual neuron…

December 14, 2018
How is memory stored and retrieved?
Medicine - Health

How is memory stored and retrieved?

Memory makes every human being a unique individual and creates a constant flow for our lives. An understanding of how memories are stored in the brain is a crucial step…

December 14, 2018
Neurons continue to grow where the brain matures
Medicine - Health

Neurons continue to grow where the brain matures

Although many believe that adult brain cells do not develop, but a researcher at the Institute of Learning and Memorization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,…

December 14, 2018
Data processing chip like human brain
Computer science

Data processing chip like human brain

A microchip that uses millions of electronic neurons and 256 million synapses can usher in a new era of increasingly smarter computers.

December 13, 2018