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The Search for the Engram: Where Memory Lives in the Brain
For more than 100 years, neuroscientists have searched for memory’s physical form. Finding it would answer philosophical and scientific questions about our minds.
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How Neuroscience Is Treating Neurological Disease With Sound Waves
A new technique, MRI-guided focused ultrasound, is an emerging tool in the treatment of brain disorders.
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Through electrodes on the scalp, scientists can measure the brain’s electrical activity.
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How a Tissue Stain Revolutionized Neuroscience
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Action and Potential in Education, Outreach, and Research
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Green Fluorescent Protein
A protein that makes jellyfish glow lets scientists watch the inner workings of cells.
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Can Ebola Really Combat Brain Cancer?
The deadly Ebola virus could help battle the most lethal form of brain cancer: glioblastoma.
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Magnetic resonance imaging uses strong magnets and radio waves to look inside your head.
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Phineas Gage
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Exposure to a certain single-celled parasite became the infamous face of ‘crazy cat people’ syndrome, but perhaps unjustly so.
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