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Why does depression make the brain smaller?

The presence of a mental disorder It causes great difficulty in the daily life of those who suffe...

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Pyramidal neurons: functions and location in the brain

Neurons are the main type of cells that make up each of the elements of the nervous system. These...

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The bisexual brain has its own characteristics

The human brain contains many features that have to do with the behavior patterns of different ty...

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Consciousness continues to function after clinical death

A couple of days ago the general media spread the news that a group of scientists had discovered ...

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Running reduces the size of the brain, according to a study

Running reduces the size of the brain, according to a study

The other day, browsing social networks I saw a headline that struck me: "Running reduces the bra...

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Papez circuit: what it is and what brain structures it includes

The Papez circuit refers to a series of brain structures related to the processing of emotions, m...

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Does the light make you sneeze? Relax, there are more people like you

It happens almost every week: I leave the doorway of my house and, just as my face crosses the bo...

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Vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone): these are its functions

Hormones are chemical compounds that, when released by the endocrine glands into the blood or sys...

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The serotonergic hypothesis of depression

Depression is, together with anxiety disorders, one of the most frequent and known disorders or p...

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Von Economo neurons: what they are, where they are located and their functions

Von Economo neurons: what they are, where they are located and their functions

Von Economo neurons are a special class of nerve cells., first described just under a century ago...

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Neurofilaments: what they are, components and characteristics

Neurofilaments are a type of 7 nanometer thick intermediate filaments present in the cytoplasm of...

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All or nothing law: what it is and why it is important in neurology

Within physiology there are different rules that are always followed and that help us to more eas...

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