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Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

Dr. Daya Grant shares the lessons she has learned as a neuroscientist and an athlete to develop a shaper mind.

In 1921, Otto Loewi woke from a dream with the idea for an experiment that proved nerves communicate using chemicals, not ...

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the ...

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Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.

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NBC News and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff talks about what it's like to be a road warrior, following political ...

A new paper led by UC San Diego researchers offers an encyclopedic review of research on vagus nerve stimulation for ...