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Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack

A newly discovered collection of neurons suggests the brain and heart communicate to trigger a neuroimmune response after a heart attack, which may pave the way for new therapies

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The immense interconnectivity of the brain: Best ideas of the century

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The immense interconnectivity of the brain: Best ideas of the century

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We're about to simulate a human brain on a supercomputer

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An X-ray skull with coloured brain and neurons

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What I’ll be doing to help detox my brain in the new year

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Your brain undergoes four dramatic periods of change from age 0 to 90

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Ultrasound may boost survival after a stroke by clearing brain debris

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Falling asleep isn’t a gradual process – it happens all of a sudden

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Can't focus after a bad night's sleep? Your dirty brain is to blame

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A human brain made with golden wires

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Neurologist explains how brain disorders shape our sense of self

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Paralysed man can feel objects through another person's hand

Keith Thomas, a man in his 40s with no sensation or movement in his hands, is able to feel and move objects by controlling another person's hand via a brain implant. The technique might one day even allow us to experience another person's body over long distances.

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Mother's voice seems to boost language development in premature babies

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What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

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Our brain 'swivels' to focus on sounds from different directions

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Babies' brains 'tick' more slowly than ours, which may help them learn

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