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Topic: Neurons

Neuronal network, conceptual illustration. (CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Are concept neurons what make us human?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Dog nose between pink cherry blossoms (Getty Images/Ve Shandor/500px)

Why smell and sight are close friends

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Biological clock (Getty Images/nambitomo)

Memory problems? It may be lack of sleep

Matthew Rozsa
Stan, a replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, looms below a hand-painted sky on the ceiling in the Childrens Library inside the Cerritos Library in Cerritos on Sunday, November 27, 2022. (Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Was T. rex really as smart as primates?

Matthew Rozsa
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When objects become extensions of you

Michael J. Spivey - MIT Press Reader
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Growing new neurons with CRISPR

Sahana Sitaraman - Massive Science
Brain with a futuristic graphical user interface in network connection space (Getty Images)

Rare brain neurons recorded

Burcin Ikiz - Massive Science
Depressed woman in bed with hand on forehead (Getty/ Martin Dimitrov)

While you were sleeping

Kamila Kourbanova - Massive Science
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Count your neurons and your blessings

Suzana Herculano-Houzel - The Conversation

Readjust behavior you've been stuck with

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Adult brains don't grow new neurons

Shawn Sorrells, Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Mercedes Paredes - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-527452p1.html'>Nata-Lia</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Sarah Gray
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