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Two leading theories of consciousness went head-to-head—and the results may change how neuroscientists study one of the ...

UC Davis Health's first-of-its-kind total body scanner EXPLORER is being given yet another new assignment—assessing how ...

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“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in ...

Immune molecules called cytokines play important roles in the body's defense ... of neurons, in two different brain regions, that regulate very distinct behaviors. One is actually somewhat ...