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Light micrograph of a dorsal root ganglion stained with Cajal's silver nitrate. Near the rounded cell bodies of the pseudounipolar neurons the axons make several turns, forming Cajal's initial glomeruli.

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Map of pain neurons may lead to more effective drugs for chronic pain

An analysis of gene activity in pain neurons could help identify the most promising drug targets and reveal how pain pathways differ between men and women

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Ultrasound can control genetically altered brain cells in mice

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Ultrasound can control genetically altered brain cells in mice

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Man walking

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Spinal implants let three people who were paralysed walk with support

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Circuit Board With Encoder And Decoder Binary Code Vector Background. Blue Abstract Brain Security Technology Illustration.

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Florian Solzbacher interview: Mind-reading implant may soon go on sale

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question in the brain

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Using tools helps you understand language and vice versa

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Paralysed mice walk again after gel is injected into spinal cord

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Paralysed mice walk again after gel is injected into spinal cord

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At the newly opened Toddler Lab at Birkbeck, University of London, a new technique for imaging the brain using infrared light means we are starting to understand how young children learn to plan complex goals. The lab utilises functional near-infrared spectroscopy or fNIRS and motion capture gloves to measure how children learn to plan and achieve goals. Pictured: Finn

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A new kind of brain scan is letting us understand how toddlers think

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Mini-brain organoids

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Lab-grown human mini-brains kept alive for a year by slicing them up

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Close-up of gay couple hands on table

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Sexual desire may be triggered by gentle touch sensors in your skin

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Sarah works in her community garden on Saturday, September 25, 2021. PHOTOS BY JOHN LOK / for UCSF

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Woman’s depression treated by an implant responding to brain patterns

A treatment for depression that involves putting electrodes into the brain to respond to unique neural patterns has seen success for a woman

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Woman who first gained sense of smell at age 24 finds it disturbing

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Mentally demanding jobs linked with lower dementia risk in later life

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Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between males and females

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David Eagleman interview: How our brains could create whole new senses

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