The Brain

Stem Cell Snorting Holds Promise For Treating Brain Disorders

The Blotter | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

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New details from a University of Minnesota researcher's initial tests show the stem cells actually make it to the brain when snorted rather than impla...

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Lonely People's Brains Work Differently, Scientists Discover

Live Science | Robert Roy Britt | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

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Lonely people have less activity in a part of the brain that normally lights up in association with reward, scientists have found. It's not clear if s...

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This Is Your Brain on Traumatic Stress: Remedial Neuroscience Lessons for the Pentagon

Stephen Ducat | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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The Pentagon has decided the Purple Heart will not be awarded to veterans with PTSD as it is not a physical wound. Though trauma sufficient to cause PTSD is no less physical than a bullet to the head.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks

Vickie Karp | Posted 10.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Freud, Neuroscience, Dr. Oliver Sacks, Happy Birthday., Robin Williams, Stroke, MRI Brain Scans, PET Scans, Beth Abraham Hospital, Alzheimer's, The Brain, Yahoo!, Awakenings, Style News

Music had this amazing ability to allow [transfixed patients] to move and speak and think. It was very startling. I've seen it numerous times since, but it still astounds me.