Neurons
Neurobiology is a biological science focused on the study of the nervous system. Basically, we focus on the brain, to which most nerve impulses are directed because it is the brain that is the command center. It receives and sends nerve signals. It seems that our thoughts and feelings are formed in the brain.
A significant proportion of the population sneezes on a sunny day after leaving a room…
Phineas Gage miraculously survived having his head pierced by an iron rod. It’s hard to say whether it’s more interesting that he survived at all, or how the loss of part of his brain affected his personality.
The brain somehow manages the constant heartbeat, but the mechanism it uses affects how we see the world.
When we sleep we spend 1/3 of our lives completely paralyzed and defenceless. The latest theory of defensive activation sheds new light on the role that dreams play.
Surprisingly positive research results raise great hopes in the treatment of other neurodegenerative diseases. Mice were cured. Time for people?
The brain is made up of about 86 billion neurons. However, neurons are only 10% of the cerebral cortex. How much of the brain we actually use?
Would a life without pain be better and would it be possible at all?
Recognition of the face seems simple. But it is more complicated than you think.
Interactive automated behavioral-cognitive therapy is new hope in the fight against insomnia.