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    <em>Keep Sharp,</em> by Sanjay Gupta
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    To 'Keep Sharp' This Year, Keep Learning, Advises Neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta

    Jan 04, 2021
    CNN's chief medical correspondent says it's never too late to develop new brain pathways. Even small changes, like switching up the hand you use to hold your fork, can help optimize brain health.
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    Learning to ride a bike can lead to memorable tumbles. It's the brain's "time cells," scientists now say, that help organize and seal those experiences in our minds.
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    Why Some Memories Seem Like Movies: 'Time Cells' Discovered In Human Brains

    Oct 29, 2020
    Scientists have identified special cells in the human brain that organize movie-like memories, helping us to relive important experiences and events.
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    Brain cells that monitor liquid, mineral and salt levels in the body influence what types of drinks we crave when thirsty.
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    Water Or A Sports Drink? These Brain Cells May Decide Which One We Crave

    Oct 14, 2020
    Scientists have identified specialized brain cells that create two distinct kinds of thirst. Some cells respond to a need for water alone, while others produce a craving for water and salt.
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    Patients with a fast-progressing form of ALS who got daily doses of an experimental two-drug combination called AMX0035 scored higher on a standard measure of function than patients who didn't get the drug.
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    Drug Combination Slows Progression Of ALS And Could Mark 'New Era' In Treatment

    Sep 02, 2020
    Scientists say new drugs are on the way for patients with ALS. The latest is a two-drug combo that appears to slow the progression of the fatal nerve disease with a modest but meaningful benefit.
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    This light micrograph from the brain of someone who died with Alzheimer's disease shows the plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that are typical of the disease. A glitch that prevents healthy cell structures from transitioning from one phase to the next
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    New Clues To ALS And Alzheimer's Disease From Physics

    Jul 08, 2020
    Structures inside healthy brain cells nimbly move from one state to the next to perform different functions. But in certain degenerative brain diseases, scientists now think, that process gets stuck.
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    Dr. Nico Dosenbach decided to put his healthy arm in a cast to figure out more about how the brain deals with an immobilized limb.
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    A Scientist's Pink Cast Leads To Discovery About How The Brain Responds To Disability

    Jun 18, 2020
    A neurologist who wanted to know how the brain changes in response to a physical disability put his arm in a pink cast for two weeks to find out.
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    Your brain uses the left side to make sense of lyrics and the right side for a song's melody.
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    How The Brain Teases Apart A Song's Words And Music

    Feb 27, 2020
    Brain scans show that when people listen to songs, an area in the left hemisphere decodes speech-like sounds while one on the right processes musical information.
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    This image from an electron microscope shows a cross-sectional view of an oligodendrocyte (blue) among nerve fibers coated with myelin (dark red). In models of autism spectrum disorder, oligodendrocytes appear to create too much or too little myelin.
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    Researchers Link Autism To A System That Insulates Brain Wiring

    Feb 03, 2020
    Brains affected by autism appear to share a problem with cells that make myelin, the insulating coating surrounding nerve fibers that controls the speed at which the fibers convey electrical signals.
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    Scientists say pea-size organoids of human brain tissue may offer a way to study the biological beginnings of a wide range of brain conditions, including autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
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    Scientists Find Imperfections In 'Minibrains' That Raise Questions For Research

    Jan 29, 2020
    Brain organoids grown in the lab look a lot like developing human brains. But a new study finds some important differences that could affect how scientists use them.
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    Scientists Reach Out To Minority Communities To Diversify Alzheimer's Studies

    Dec 17, 2019
    Black and Hispanic people often don't volunteer for studies of Alzheimer's disease, despite their risks for developing it. Researchers are working to make studies more inclusive, but it's not easy.
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    The brain analyzes changes in sound volume to detect syllables and make sense of speech.
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    The Loudness Of Vowels Helps The Brain Break Down Speech Into Syl-La-Bles

    Nov 20, 2019
    Syllables are the building blocks of spoken language. And now a study of brain activity hints at how we extract them from a stream of speech.
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    Two fourth-graders rock side to side while doing math equations at Charles Pinckney Elementary School's "Brain Room" in Charleston, S.C., in 2015.
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    Math Looks The Same In The Brains Of Boys And Girls, Study Finds

    Nov 08, 2019
    Brain scans of 104 boys and girls doing basic math tasks found no gender differences. The finding adds to the evidence that boys and girls start out with equal ability in math.
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    Scientists say pea-size organoids of human brain tissue may offer a way to study the biological beginnings of a wide range of brain conditions, including autism, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
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    After Months In A Dish, Lab-Grown Minibrains Start Making 'Brain Waves'

    Aug 29, 2019
    Researchers say clusters of human brain cells grown in the lab can spontaneously generate electrical patterns similar to the brain waves of a 6-month-old fetus.
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    Women May Be More Adept Than Men At Discerning Pain

    Aug 26, 2019
    Pain researchers say men and women respond differently to pain, and women may "feel more" pain than men. Understanding the differences in pain perception could lead to better treatments.
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    University of Utah doctoral student Jacob George, left, and associate professor Greg Clark examine the LUKE arm that they use for their experiments. A man who lost his lower arm in an electrical accident was able to experience some sense of touch and fin
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    Improved Prosthetic Hand Has A Lighter Touch And Easy Grip

    Jul 24, 2019
    There's still much research to be done before the device is routinely useful. But one man was able to use it to gently grasp his wife's hand and feel her touch — an emotional moment, he says.
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    Different parts of the brain aren't always in the same stage of sleep at the same time, notes neurologist and author Guy Leschziner. When this happens, an individual might order a pizza or go out for a drive — while technically still being fast asleep.
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    From Insomnia To Sexsomnia, Unlocking The 'Secret World' Of Sleep

    Jul 23, 2019
    Neurologist Guy Leschziner, author of The Nocturnal Brain, says the brain can be in different sleep stages at once — which explains why people sometimes walk, eat and even have sex when sleeping.
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    An MRI scan of a person listening to music shows brain areas that respond. (This scan wasn't part of the research comparing humans and monkeys.)
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    A Musical Brain May Help Us Understand Language And Appreciate Tchaikovsky

    Jun 10, 2019
    Compared with monkeys, humans have a brain that is extremely sensitive to a sound's pitch. And that may reflect our exposure to speech and music.
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    A California two-spot octopus extends a sucker-lined arm from its den. In 2015, this was the first octopus <strong></strong>species to have its full genetic sequence published.
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    Why Octopuses Might Be The Next Lab Rats

    Jun 03, 2019
    Move over, fruit flies, rats and zebrafish. Squid and octopuses have elaborate brains and behaviors, and scientists say studying them in the laboratory could yield important biological insights.
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    The Salt
    Just a 10 percent shift in the salt concentration of your blood would make you very sick. To keep that from happening, the body has developed a finely tuned physiological circuit that includes information about that and a beverage's saltiness, to know wh
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    Blech! Brain Science Explains Why You're Not Thirsty For Salt Water

    Mar 27, 2019
    Fresh water quenches thirst almost instantly, but salt water doesn't. New research shows how cells in the gut and on the tongue help the brain keep just the right concentration of salt in our bodies.
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    Given supportive, nurturing conditions, highly reactive "orchid" children can thrive when tackling challenges, pediatrician and author Thomas Boyce says, especially if they have the comfort of a regular routine.
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    Is Your Child An Orchid Or A Dandelion? Unlocking The Science Of Sensitive Kids

    Mar 04, 2019
    Some kids seem resilient from the start — readily able, like dandelions, to cope with stress and adversity. But pediatrician Thomas Boyce says biologically reactive kids need more support to thrive.
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    A Neuroscientist Explores The Biology Of Addiction In 'Never Enough'

    Feb 12, 2019
    Growing up, Judith Grisel struggled with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. Now as a neuroscientist, she's working to understand the biological basis of addiction. Her new book is Never Enough.
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    A cross section of the human brain shows fiber tracts involved in aging.
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    Scans Show Women's Brains Remain Youthful As Male Brains Wind Down

    Feb 04, 2019
    Researchers say the metabolism of a woman's brain remains higher than a man's throughout a lifetime. And that may help with late-life creativity and learning.
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    Researchers studying mouse brains identified the cells that encode pain's unpleasantness.
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    Scientists Find Brain Cells That Make Pain Hurt

    Jan 17, 2019
    Researchers have pinpointed the neurons that give pain its unpleasant edge. By turning these neurons off in mice, the scientists relieved the unpleasantness of pain without numbing sensation.
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    Researchers say human brains can become overwhelmed by cute traits, such as large eyes and small noses, embodied by movie characters like Bambi.
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    When Too Cute Is Too Much, The Brain Can Get Aggressive

    Dec 31, 2018
    Adorable babies and cute puppies can make us happy. But researchers say their cuteness can be so overwhelming that it unleashes some ugly thoughts.
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    Research inspired by soccer headers has led to fresh insights into how the brain weathers hits to the head.
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    Bad Vibes: How Hits To The Head Are Transferred To The Brain

    Dec 24, 2018
    A question about heading soccer balls inspired a series of experiments to understand how the brain changes shape when someone's head takes a hit.
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