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The blood-brain barrier once stopped medication from reaching the brain. Researchers have found their way through.
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MRI: Magnetic Miracle Game
Learn more about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with this interactive game, based on the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Mapping the Brain
Test out some imaging techniques that neuroscientists use, like MRIs and PET scans, to see inside the human brain with this interactive.
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The Blood-Brain Barrier
Identifying new ways to bypass the brain's elaborate security system may one day lead to better outcomes for patients with brain tumors or other neurological disorders.
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Right Vs. Left Brain Theory
Originally performed to relieve the symptoms of epilepsy, split-brain experiments in the 1960s revealed that the left and right sides of the brain were good at different tasks.
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His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain
Studying sex differences in the brain may one day lead to new information about brain illnesses that affect one sex more than the other.
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Brain Scans: Technologies That Peer Inside Your Head
Advances in chemistry, physics, and computer science have revolutionized neuroscience by giving scientists greater access to the living brain.
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Visualizing the Developing Brain
Fluorescent labelling allows scientists to track vital stem cells throughout the brain’s development.
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Population Coding: Mind Reading and More!
Is it possible to read minds using science? Discover how scientists use a process called population coding to “read” minds - and move bionic limbs!
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The Brain in Motion
Take a look inside the bustling mouse brain in this video.
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What's Going On in There? Modeling the Inner Workings of the Brain
Explore the frontiers of brain science in this lesson plan from The New York Times education blog.
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EyeWire
Play a game to map the brain with other online citizen-neuroscientists.
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Read Montague: What We're Learning From 5,000 Brains
Mice, bugs and hamsters are no longer the only way to study the brain. Functional MRI (fMRI) allows scientists to map brain activity in living, breathing, decision-making human beings.
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