This article digs into the specifics about each part of the integumentary system ... of the skin is to help maintain the body’s core temperature. The center in the brain that helps regulate ...

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A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are part of one common brain circuit.

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In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

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Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Our study investigated the brain circuits involved in psychosis-a condition characterized by delusions, hallucinations, ...

It’s the most energetic particle of its kind ever discovered, and scientists have no idea where it came from. By Katrina Miller NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the ...