Leeches have 32 ganglia, enabling precise movement and attachment. Octopuses have 9 brains, allowing independent arm movement and sensation. Squids possess 3 brains, with optic lobes crucial for ...
Animals with more than one brain: Humans have a single, central command center that helps them make sense of the world. In contrast, nature has come up with many more complicated ways to stay alive. A ...
New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this ...
Procrastination has a name: the VS–VP circuit — and this team of researchers has ideas for how to switch it off ...
A new Nature study suggests chronic nerve pain could be eased by an unexpected source: healthy mitochondria. Duke University School of Medicine researchers found that delivering this fresh energy ...
In A Nutshell College football players take hundreds of head hits each season, even without diagnosed concussions. In a small study, players using a light-based headset showed stable brain scan ...
Researchers suggest that, from a clinical perspective, the findings provide mechanistic insight into motivational deficits central to psychiatric disorders.
It’s the fastest-growing neurological disease in the world, and cases of Parkinson’s disease are only tipped to rise further ...