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Microbial Mind Control

Do microbes living in our gastrointestinal tracts influence the way our brains work? Hear from a scientist who has been studying this question for nearly a decade.

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How the Neurotoxin in Dungeness Crab Causes Brain Damage

The California Fish and Game Commission has banned crab fishing until further notice after detecting high levels of a neurotoxin in Dungeness and rock crabs. The toxin, domoic acid, is produced by certain types of planktonic algae, and it becomes concentrated in tissue of crabs and other marine organisms during plankton blooms.

Ups and Downs in the Nervous System

The vagus nerve brings information from all over the body to the brain – but is it being hacked by the bacteria in our gut?

Wellcome Trust

Parenting and the Brain

Becoming a parent can induce significant changes in the brain.

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The Brain Inflamed

Scientists are finding evidence that neuroinflammation can alter mood and cognition, perhaps enough to help cause psychiatric disorders.

The Dana Foundation

The Microbiome & the Brain - A New State of Mind

Watch a conversation with neuroscientist Christopher Lowry about the microbiome-brain connection.

The Kavli Foundation

Oxytocin: Bonding, Birth, and Trust

Efforts to uncover nature's way of initiating labor led to the basic science discovery of a brain chemical that is involved in a host of social behaviors.

BrainFacts/SfN

Ladies out of Luck: FDA Blocks "Female Viagra"

Guys who need it have Viagra; Ladies with the similar needs have nothing now that the FDA has denied approval of a new drug, flibanserin, which would treat sexual dysfunction in women.

BrainFacts/SfN

Parental Hormones and the Royal Highnesses

Here in the UK, it is royal baby mania, which makes me as a neuroscientist think about how parental behavior is controlled by the brain.

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Non-Linear Systems

Non-linear dynamics are fascinating, if for no other reason than so many statistical models are linear, so testing for non-linearity often requires a more strong hypothetical foundation for understanding.

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Engineered Antibodies

Much as vaccinations eradicated many destructive diseases in the past, neuroscientists are engineering antibodies to try and treat degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

BrainFacts/SfN

Making Neuroscience Fun

This website offers a collection of PowerPoint presentations (with scripts) designed for teaching students (pre-primary to higher primary) about the brain and the nervous system.

John Hopkins University

The Reconstructors

This site features interactive games for students along with lesson plans to teach about how drugs effect the nervous system.

Rice University

3D Brain

An interactive brain map that you can rotate in a three-dimensional space.

Interact with the Brain

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3D Brain

An interactive brain map that you can rotate in a three-dimensional space.

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