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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 30th, 2015
Stem Cells Used to Grow Fully Functional 3D Brain Tissue in the Lab

Stem Cells Used to Grow Fully Functional 3D Brain Tissue in the Lab

Scientists say the structure they grew from human embryonic stem cells was similar to the cerebellum

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 12th, 2014
24-Year-Old Woman Told She's Been Missing Part of Her Brain Since Infancy

24-Year-Old Woman Told She's Been Missing Part of Her Brain Since Infancy

Scans reveal this woman lost her cerebellum either when she was still in the womb, or at a very early age

Deletion of Single Gene May Cause Autism

Deletion of Single Gene May Cause Autism

The link was demonstrated in a recent experiment on mice

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 19th, 2011
Alcohol Puts Brain into Mental 'Overdrive'

Alcohol Puts Brain into Mental 'Overdrive'

Alcoholics need to work a lot harder to complete even basic tasks

Infants Learn During Sleep Too

Infants Learn During Sleep Too

This may be an important evolutionary trait