Cells & Circuits
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Cells and Circuits
Engage with high school students about neuroscience and society with these lesson plans.
- The Franklin Institute
Guess key terms associated with neurons in this crossword puzzle.
Test your class with quick trivia on basic brain anatomy and function.
The first ever neural brain wiring diagram of an adult fruit fly has been completed — available for anyone to access.
A lens into the cellular machinery that sends messages to perform tasks in the mouse brain.
The blood-brain barrier protects your brain by ensuring the important things stay in while pathogens stay out.
Michael Greenberg, Christine Holt, and Erin Schuman — awardees of the 2023 Brain Prize —have revealed the mechanisms that enable long-term changes in the brain.
Some drugs with hallucinogenic properties reopen critical periods in mice, allowing neural cells to more easily modify their connections for an extended period of time.
Join Professor Amelie and Professor Rosie as they share how tiny cells in our brains called neurons talk to each other to power our brains.
Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a synthetic psychedelic that partially works by activating serotonin receptors, altering the way we think, sense, and behave.
Thirst is a basic drive for people to consume fluids, motivated by brain and body regions working to maintain homeostasis, or an internal physiological balance.
Find out how your everyday efforts help change your brain through neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and myelin plasticity.
