Using neuroimaging techniques, neuroscientists have been able to determine that auditory and visual systems in the brain interact with memory and attention areas, enabling people to recognize and combine individual faces with unique voices.
The rate of cancer survivors is increasing rapidly. In the U.S. alone, there are nearly 12 million cancer survivors, compared to three million 40 years ago.
Recent research suggests that the amygdala organizes moments of insight to have an impact based on the level of exhilaration and emotion felt during such times.
After more than 50 years, a new drug has been developed and approved by the FDA that treats the autoimmune disorder Lupus, opening the road to the creation of more innovative drugs that may be even more effective at fighting the disease than this newly-developed drug.
Inherited mutations in the gene that codes for the protein progranulin may increase chances of surviving neurodegenerative diseases by preventing apoptosis, or cell death.
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