Your brain is very complicated and fascinating! Every week for one year we posted a new and interesting fact about that 3 lb organ in your skull and other parts of the nervous system. Share these 52 ...

The core team of Knowing Neurons comprises a group of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, who specialize in different areas of neuroscience. We discuss and edit all content on the site, write ...

¡GANADOR DEL CONCURSO! Memorándum de política por Emma Victoria Muller Resumen ejecutivo: En 1966, hace menos de 60 años, un destacado médico llamado Dr. Robert A. Wilson apodó a las… Read more ...

You see it in commercials every day: creams and lotions to reduce wrinkles, dyes to eliminate gray hair, and remedies to reduce muscle and joint aches. Along with these surface level changes, getting ...

Maria is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies how neurons and astrocytes influence each other in regulating degradative pathways. She is passionate about the ...

By Keionna Newton Dopamine. You’ve probably heard about it before in passing or perhaps you’ve seen it in the headlines. Perhaps you’ve seen people on social media using buzzwords like… Read more ...

Thirteen years after the first Avatar movie came out in 2009, director James Cameron invites viewers to journey back to the faraway, lush exo-moon of Pandora with a sequel: Avatar: The Way of Water.

A barrier between the brain itself and the blood supply of the brain, which prevents most substances from moving from the blood to brain tissue. Substances like glucose that are important to brain ...

Imagine standing in line at a café when someone blatantly cuts ahead of you. A flash of indignation flares up – “Hey, that’s not fair!” On the other hand, think about how you would feel when a ...

“Sleep or study?” Mary thought to herself. Mary is a college freshman encountering the dilemma faced by most college students at least once. Is it better to pull an all-nighter to study, or to sleep ...

Articolo originale: The Neuroscience of Zombies: Unmasking the Zombie Mind, Caitlin Goodpaster ~~~ Con l’arrivo della stagione più spettrale dell’anno, è interessante esplorare i legami tra la ...

Nerissa received her MSci in Neuroscience from The University of Nottingham where she studied the protective effects of hypothermia on brain physiology. During her placement year, she investigated the ...