Nothing happened when they turned on the light in cells in an area of the brain called the subthalamic nucleus.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

They used light-sensitive molecules to turn on and off nerve cells in the deep brain structure of mice.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Research published mainly in nineteen seventy-three had found proteins on the surfaces of nerve cells in the brain.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Chantix works on nicotine receptors in the brain to reduce the urge to smoke.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

The psychologist Woodburn Heron wrote about this subject in his nineteen fifty-seven work The Pathology of Boredom. He said that the brain depends on having continuing information from the bodys senses.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

At the University of California at Davis, Dr.Isaac Pessah is researching the impact of the environment on brain development and autism.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The results of the work, based on brain studies of Denise and other patients,were published in the journal Science.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"One should work on this and stop sleeping." Russia has also suffered a serious brain drain since 1991, the report says.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

It's a total mystery,". He says brain studies are shedding light on the pieces of the puzzle and might one day solve the mystery.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

May says that due to expanding private health care in Thailand and limits on foreign doctors working in the country there has been a reverse brain drain;

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The latest research focuses on serotonin, a chemical in the brain.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

When you touch boiling water, for example,get a cut, or even exercise too much, a special receptor on the neuron is activated, sending a signal to the brain - that hurts!.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"As you're hearing my words as I'm speaking, your brain is processing those words, and we think analogous to what's going on in the bird, there's genes in particular areas of your brain, that are being expressed very rapidly or decreased very rapidly to allow you to process that information."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05