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What Causes Goosebumps?
Goosebumps are part of your body’s reaction to danger. But they can also be caused by great music. Those two experiences are more similar than you might think.
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Some Signals Take the Slow Road to the Brain
Why pain from stubbing your toe comes in waves from sharp to dull.
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Wiring That Analyzes the Past to Improve the Future
Sorting through past experiences to help make our best choices possible.
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Synapse Elimination: There Can Be Only One
A battle for the prize of the last connection standing.
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Messengers of Fire and Ice
These dorsal root ganglion cells respond to temperature to help us quickly calculate our next move.
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The Gatekeepers of Sensation
The nerve fibers sensing touch, pain, and heat bundle together before entering the spinal cord.
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The Organs That Keep Neurons Running
Take a look inside the anatomy of a spiral ganglion neuron.
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Pyramidal Neurons
The dendritic trees and pyramid-like cell body of this neuron make it stand out.
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Purkinje Cells
Purkinje cells, some of the largest neurons in the brain, dwell in the cerebellum.
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Gray Matter
Gray matter is a component of the brain named for the color it appears.
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White Matter
White matter gets its name from the insulation covering nerve fibers.
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Neuroscientists Grow Their Own Neurons
Researchers grew this embryoid body from mouse stem cells in about a week.
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