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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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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
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Do you see what I see?
Is reality actually what you see, or just an elaborate illusion?
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Are people born violent?
Laura Bui explores how the nature vs nurture debate applies to those who commit homicide.
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The anatomy project - neuroanatomy. Parts 1, 3, 5-15.
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Some observations on brain anatomy and brain tumors / by William C. Krauss.
Krauss, William Christopher, 1863-Date: [1898]- Books
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The effects of pneumonia and of postmortem changes on the percentage of water in the brain of the albino rat / Helen Dean King.
King, Helen Dean, 1869-1955.Date: 1911- Books
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The effects of various fixatives on the brain of the albino rat : with an account of a method of preparing this material for a study of the cells in the cortex / Helen Dean King.
King, Helen Dean, 1869-1955.Date: 1910- Books
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The cortex of the brain in the human embryo during the fourth month with special reference to the so-called 'papillae of Retzius' / by George L. Streeter.
Streeter, George Linius, 1873-1948.Date: [1907]