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Brain scan highlighting changes in the brain related to cocain use.

Image of the Week: The Cocaine Brain

Experiments with mice show how much cocaine exposure physically changes the brain.

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Overlay plots of T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and topographical maps of relative sleep electroencephalography (EEG) power distribution.

Autism

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by impaired social skills; verbal and nonverbal communication difficulties; and narrow, obsessive interests or repetitive behaviors.

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BrainFacts.org - One Year Anniversary

Our First Anniversary

BrainFacts.org launched one year ago to give people accurate information about the brain. Check out our most popular articles from the first 12 months.

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Actress Glenn Close at Neuroscience 2010

Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness

The fierce stigma associated with mental illness prevents many people from seeking diagnosis and treatment. Learn what is being done and how you can help.

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Brain Awareness Video Contest

Brain Awareness Video Contest

Shoot a short, educational video about the brain by June 10 — and it could appear on this page.

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How do nerve cells signal pain?

Source: Society for Neuroscience
Some nerve cells in the skin, heart, bladder, and more have specialized molecules that signal to the spinal cord and brain, resulting in our perception of pain.
An ethically gray matter.

The Moral Brain

Source: Society for Neuroscience
Scientists don’t claim to know how people determine right from wrong. However, they can study how the brain responds when an individual judges another’s actions.
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Michelle Freund, NIMH Project Officer, on the significance of CLARITY

Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Project officer Michelle Freund, Ph.D., of the NIMH Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science, explains the significance of CLARITY, a breakthrough method for analyzing the brain.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot

Tali Sharot: The Optimism Bias

Source: TED
Tali Sharot studies why our brains are biased toward optimism.
Prion particles.

Disease-Causing Proteins

Source: Society for Neuroscience

Understanding the cause of “mad cow” disease and related conditions resulted in a fundamental shift in what scientists understood about proteins in brain disease.

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Recent Neuroscience in the News

Without Glia, the Brain Would Starve

Source: Scientific American
Date: 21 May 2013
A new study suggests that the networks of blood vessels in the brain are stabilized in early life by stem cells called radial glia.

Scans Show Premature-Baby Brain Arrested Development

Source: BBC
Date: 21 May 2013
Medical scans done by researchers at King's College London reveal that premature birth may interrupt vital brain development processes.

Still Charting Memory's Depths: A Conversation with Brenda Milner

Source: New York Times
Date: 20 May 2013
Brenda Milner, the neuropsychologist whose detailed observations of an amnesia patient in the 1950s, showed how memory is rooted in specific regions of the brain.
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