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For decades, researchers have attempted to pinpoint the specific areas of the brain responsible for human intelligence. A new ...

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While extroverts bounce between social events with ease, your brain might be running sophisticated algorithms that analyze ...

Dear Doctors: I understand that there is treatment for the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease that can stave off serious ...

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For decades, the search for the origins of memory loss has focused almost exclusively on two regions of the brain: the prefrontal cortex and the ...

BACKGROUND: The disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a central pathogenic event in many central nervous system disorders. However, the mechanisms regulating BBB function remain incompletely ...

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