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Review : Just singin’ in the brain
Books & Arts
A great, big book of the brain
Books & Arts
The woman who knows no fear
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Review: In search of the changeable brain
Books & Arts
Review: Five thousand years of certitude
Books & Arts
Review: A gift to be childlike
Books & Arts
Christmas Review: Let’s hear it for the limbic
Books & Arts
Many neurons make light work?: Until recently we thought the cortex behaved like a dictatorship, governing every move we made. But now some think the central nervous system may have more in common with a democracy
Features
Breaching the blood-brain barrier: The brain has gatekeepers that let in essential nutrients but keep out substances in the blood that would interfere with its nerve cells. Studies of this barrier may lead to ways of supplying drugs to the otherwise inac
Features
Review: The ghost in the brain
Books & Arts
The intricate wiring that lets us move: Studies of the complex nerve circuits in one part of the brain are beginning to reveal why people with Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases make bizarre movements
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Science: First success for fetal transplants in Parkinson’s disease
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