In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

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1 Department of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou, China 2 Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical ...

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Scientists at UBC have discovered a new type of brain cell, called ovoid cells, which play a key role in object recognition memory. This breakthrough could lead to new treatments for memory-related ...

Brain activity may indicate that after death, our souls depart from our bodies. New studies on brain activity during the dying process suggest that the brain may remain active even after clinical ...