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Smelling Begins On the Tongue, Not the Brain, Study Says

The human taste cells contain many vital molecules known to be present in olfactory receptors The functional olfactory receptors, the sensors that detect odors in the nose, are also present in human taste cells found on the tongue, according to a report by scientists from the Monell Center.

Scientists Discovered Where Anesthesia Works On the Brain

Rather than inhibiting neurons, anesthesia could also activate individual neurons in the brain A medical miracle happened about 170 years ago when scientists discovered general anesthesia that enables millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving surgeries without pain.

How to Train Brain to Strengthen Communication

People can now have access to their brain activity in real time and gain control over it The main discovery of a new study conducted at D'Or Institute of Research and Education (IDOR) indicated that brain training with neurofeedback in less than one hour leads to the strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain areas.

Brains Use Short Rest Periods to Strength Memories

Rest plays a significant role in learning The National Institutes of Health researchers, in a healthy volunteers' study, discovered that our brains might solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds earlier by taking a short rest.

A Indian Teen Dies from Tapeworm Egg Infestation in Brain

An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Plants Have Incredible 'Brains' That Are Actually cells

Scientists have proved that just like humans and animals, even plants have brains. A recent study shows that a group of cells act as the brains of plants responsible for decision-making during germination.

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