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Pioneer Cells Blaze Trails in the Young Brain
These trailblazers strike out into various parts of the brain, laying down axons as they go.
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Holding Your Brain in the Palm of Your Hand
How would it feel to hold a model of your own brain?
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Navigating Through the Entorhinal Cortex
The entorhinal cortex gives us memory, the perception of time, and helps us navigate.
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Pioneer Cells Blaze Trails in the Young Brain
These trailblazers strike out into various parts of the brain, laying down axons as they go.
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The 'Right-Brained' Myth
This video shows how the right-and-left-brained belief came to be and why it is a myth.
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  • 4 min
The Anatomy of Emotions
It’s hard to describe what an emotion is — let alone how many of them there are or whether everyone experiences the same ones. But we do know this: emotions arise from activity in distinct parts of the brain.
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The Nervous System
What does the nervous system do and how does it work?
  • Crash Course
  • 12 min
Forming the Sciatic Nerve
Individual neurons bundle together to form the sciatic nerve, a superhighway running from your legs to your spine.
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Sleep, Uninterrupted
Disrupting circadian rhythms is linked to mood disorders, and chronic illnesses. Neuroscientists are teasing apart how.
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Finding the Right Place
The brain made up of around 86 billion neurons, with trillions of connections between them. How does this come to be?
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It Takes Two Hemispheres to Talk
Having a conversation requires give and take.
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Coordination Junction
The cerebellum helps coordinate your most intricate movements.
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BBC Bitesize: The Nervous System
Encourage your students to take a journey through the nervous system.
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