Think back to the last time you had a real, hearty laugh: mouth in a wide smile, eyes crinkled and tearing, breath leaving your body in short bursts if you could get any breath out at all. For humans, there are few more pleasurable experiences or greater expressions of joy as laughter. We use laughter […]
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May
03
The Neurogenesis Saga: Are new neurons born in the adult human brain?
posted by Seraphina Solders
One of neuroscience’s most heated debates during the past 50 years has been whether or not new neurons are born (a process called neurogenesis) in the adult mammalian brain. Before the late 1990s, we believed that we were born with all the neurons we would have throughout our lives. However, evidence of adult neurogenesis from […]
April
26
Lymph, glymph, sleep, & sickness
posted by Catie Profaci
Consider the word “lymph.” What comes to mind? To me, “lymph” sounds like a viscous liquid that might ooze out of the orifices of some terrifying wounded creature. Or perhaps your mind jumps to the term “lymph nodes”, conjuring images of little knobs in your neck bulging with infection, sometimes growing so large that […]
November
30
CRISPR and the Real World
posted by Caroline Sferrazza
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” So begins our country’s Declaration of Independence. While we have learned that this preamble is all too simple in the context of wider society, consider the most basic interpretation of this sentiment; at the precise moment of a child’s birth, broader circumstances […]
March
09
The Athlete in Your Brain
posted by Christian Cazares
How your brain may reflect your skill as an athlete.
November
24
The Importance of Being Roger Tsien
posted by egeyalcinbas
Have you ever had a moment when you suddenly pause and realize how thankful you are for something that is incredibly mundane? So mundane that it is taken for granted on a day-to-day basis? We often forget that there was a time when devices like a washing machine weren’t considered mundane, but rather “marvelous,” “extraordinary,” […]
August
25
To diet or not to diet: what does your brain think?
posted by elena vicario
“It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.” Margaret Mead [En español] In the US, about 50% of 10-year-olds have been on a diet [1]. Seriously. Tips for dieting and recipes for quickly losing weight saturate the media: from the most straightforward of dieting mantras, “eat less, exercise more,” to […]
June
30
Reflections on #SciComm Boot Camp
posted by Catie Profaci
Communicate. It is part of the scientific process, and yet scientists are notoriously terrible at distilling their work into an understandable form.
June
17
Why Do You #SciComm?
posted by socogal42
[En español] One of the best parts about being a part of NeuWriteSD is the diversity of interests and backgrounds of our members. We all love the brain and want to share that love with others, but our reasons for being here are as different as we are. So we asked our members the question: […]
May
25
La plasticidad del cerebro
posted by elena vicario
ARTÍCULO DE STEPHNELLI TRADUCCIÓN POR ELENA VICARIO Nacemos con unos 100 billones de neuronas, más neuronas de las que volveremos a tener jamás. Igualmente son muchas neuronas, si las pusiéramos todas seguidas podrían dar la vuelta a la Tierra unas tres o cuatro veces. Además, cada uno de estos 100 billones de neuronas tiene entre doscientas […]
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