A healthy body of evidence now suggests that this homeostasis exists in our brains with respect to replenishing cellular populations. Interestingly, those who suffer from chronic depression have a reduced rate of cellular turnover when compared to those with normal mood. Things we can do that relate to increasing neurogenesis but also strengthening synaptic connections […]
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A Little Interesting Fact to Share With Friends
Neuroscience in Action, Literally Have you ever hit your thumb while hammering and yelled Son of a $@%*! I have (But I have yelled worse than that…) And I instantly grabbed my thumb to squeeze onto it. But why is that my instinct? Why would I ‘grab’ the thing thats damaged? It’s because the nervous […]
Myelin
Everybody Needs Protection An interesting photo here showing neurone cells in your brain (seen in blue) and they are lined by myelin (seen in green). This was taken from a cell culture & specifically stained to highlight the different cell types. In red are astrocytes, different type of central nervous system cells. Neurone cells convey […]
An Interesting Fact Everyone Should Know
What’s in your head? Science Lesson What is in your head? Your Brain of course. Ok, let’s hope most of you have a brain. I’m not so sure about everybody. But what is brain? What is it composed of? The Brain is said to be one of the most complex systems in the entire universe—but […]
