Study of the anatomy and organization of the nervous system.
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Long term effects of “brain freeze” on the cerebral vasculature
According to one theory, ice cream headaches are caused by an increase in blood volume of the anterior cerebral artery:
Another theory into the cause of ice-cream headaches is explained by ...
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Why do the brains of cocaine-users shrink faster than the brains of non-cocaine users?
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/cocaine-may-age-the-brain.html?rss=1
Cocaine-dependent individuals showed a significantly greater-than-normal age-related decline in gray matter in ...
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Hippocampal regulation of hypothalamus
What is the difference between CA1-CA4 hippocampal subfields and dentate gyrus (DG) in negative regulation of hypothalamus? I`ve found only evidence that GR expression is more in CA1-2 and DG, while ...
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Does brain activity generate heat gradients in the brain?
I'm reading this article on guiding axon growth using temperature gradient, and it mentions that the trajectory of growth of neuron connections can be influenced by temperature gradients as little as ...
