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Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.
A new study of brain activity patterns suggests that babies as young as 5 months old have the neural mechanisms to register that they’ve seen a face.
Researchers are identifying distinctive brain activity patterns that can be used to monitor patients under anesthesia and assess consciousness in “vegetative” patients.
A new study blames the unreliable nature of some research in the field on underpowered statistical analyses.
Just the flavor of beer is enough to boost dopamine in brain areas related to reward—especially in men with alcoholic relatives.
Mutations tied to autism in mice lead to deficits in the signaling pathway activated by marijuana.
Starting in 2014, the federally funded initiative will seek to develop new technologies capable of mapping the activity in the human brain.
Zebrafish are showing the way to new insights in cancer research.
Pigeons may use ultra-low-frequency sounds to navigate—a strategy that could steer them off course in the face of infrasonic disturbances, such as sonic booms.
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