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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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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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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.

Lobe-aratorium

The brain is broken up into four lobes that perform different functions.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

How Pregnancy Changes the Brain

Pregnancy sculpts the brain in a way that may improve social cognition and caregiving.

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