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Neuroscience is a group of scientific disciplines focused on the study of the nervous system. This is formed by the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. One of the main objectives of neuroscience is to understand the mechanisms of regulation and control of nervous reactions, as well as brain function. Dr. Ángeles Castro …
In 1906, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared between Camilo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Golgi was largely awarded for creating a type of staining that marked neurons and their ramifications, but this one had the problem that because there were so many neurons it was very difficult to see where each neuron …
Transgender people experience a sense of dissonance between their biological sex at birth and their gender identity.
In today's blog post we talk about anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and, specifically, the executive and emotional control of the ACC
Can epilepsy cause cognitive decline? From NeuronUP, we would like to talk about the cognitive impairment in people with epilepsy. What is epilepsy? It is a chronic disorder of the central nervous system triggered by excessive neuronal electrical activity in one area of the brain. This neurological disorder is characterized by recurrent seizures that may be convulsive …
The relationship between brain and behavior seems to be the successor of the famous Cartesian mind-body dualism, where the brain is the physical or biological component and behavior the mental or psychological aspect. Despite its ancient origin, the body-mind dichotomy continues to be an unresolved problem nowadays. Both concepts have been kept apart as if …
Before answering this question, it is useful to put it into context. First, epidemiologists have observed a general increase in cancer survival in recent years, even for tumors with worse prognosis. However, there is a risk of paying the price of receiving a therapeutic intervention. We are talking about chemo brain.
A phobia is an intense fear that appears immediately when faced with a specific object or situation. Most common phobias include fear of certain animals or insects, flying, heights, injections or blood. However, phobic situations and objects can vary greatly. Fear should help protect us; with a phobia though, the fear is maladaptive and can …
