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A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry

Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.

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The mystery of the malignant brain

In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.

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The anatomy of a brain dissection

Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.

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How injury changed my brain

Meg Fozzard, who experienced a brain injury in her 20s, writes about the huge impact it's had on her life, and talks to others with similar injuries.

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  • The brain
  • Internal view of the human brain, "The functions of the brain", Ferrier 1876
  • The Lancet: The brain
  • Left hemisphere of brain of monkey, "The functions of the brain", Ferrier 1876
  • Neurons in the developing brain. The thin brown fibres are nerve cells growing out over the brain surface.
  • Neurons in the developing brain. The thin brown fibres are nerve cells growing out over the brain surface.
  • The Functions of the brain / by David Ferrier.
  • The Functions of the brain / by David Ferrier.
  • The Functions of the brain / by David Ferrier.
  • The Functions of the brain / by David Ferrier.
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Illuminating Brains

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The Brain at Rest

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Immune Cells in the Brain

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