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Scientists Map the Heart’s Hidden ‘Little Brain’ in Unprecedented Detail

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Brain’s Gas and Brake Pedals: How Dopamine and Serotonin Dance Together to Shape Learning

Eating your feelings? The link between job stress, junk food and sleep

Poor quality diet makes our brains sad

In a C. elegans worm the neuron HSN has a critical role in directing several coordinated behaviors. This image labels HSN in green, showing its extension all the way to the worm's head (labeled in red).

Single neuron can coordinate many aspects of behavior

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New kind of brain cell rocks neuroscience

Although smoking can provide an immediate feeling of calm and relaxation, the habit has serious long-term consequences - also in the brain. New figures from Aarhus University suggest that smoking significantly increases the risk of severe mental disorders.

Smoking significantly increases the risk of depression

This microscope image of the brain region called the hippocampus shows the protein targeted by cannabis-derived CBD, GPR55 (red), and brain cells (blue) that send their extensions out to form the layers seen in the image. The interconnected nature of the hippocampus makes it a major site of for the initiation and spread of seizures.

Study reveals how CBD counters epileptic seizures

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Sugar is processed differently in the brains of obesity-prone vs. obesity-resistant rats

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