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The neuroscience of how we navigate

Christopher Kemp describes the mysterious case of Amanda Eller, a hiker who got lost in the woods. How can someone take a few steps off a well-marked trail and completely disappear?

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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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Virtual reality and the fix of the future

Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.

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  • Petasites hybridus (L.)G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Asteraceae. Butterbur, Bog rhubarb. Distribution: Europe, NW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: “The roots are ... exceeding good in violent and pestilential fevers, they provoke the terms, expel poison, and kill worms.” Modern herbalists recommend it for a wide range of therapies, but it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Nevertheless, in a trial aimed at reducing frequency of migraine attacks, a standardised commercial preparation was well tolerated, and was effective at higher doses, but placebo in this trial reduced migraines by over 50% in 49% of the patients (Neurology 2004
  • Petasites hybridus (L.)G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Asteraceae. Butterbur, Bog rhubarb. Distribution: Europe, NW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: “The roots are ... exceeding good in violent and pestilential fevers, they provoke the terms, expel poison, and kill worms.” Modern herbalists recommend it for a wide range of therapies, but it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Nevertheless, in a trial aimed at reducing frequency of migraine attacks, a standardised commercial preparation was well tolerated, and was effective at higher doses, but placebo in this trial reduced migraines by over 50% in 49% of the patients (Neurology 2004
  • Neuronal migration is an artwork depicting many very young neurons that have been produced in the neuroepithelium migrating to their appropriate destinations in the brain. This image highlights the future of neuroscience showing different classes of cells colour coded. There is no available technique to do this now, but it is not far off considering the advances that have been made with brainbow mice. The brainbow technique allows for different cell types to be tagged with fluorescent proteins to track their development and connections with other cells.
  • A cerebral atlas : illustrating the difference between the brains of mentally defective and normal individuals, with a social, mental and neurological record of 120 defectives during life / by Richard J.A. Berry.
  • A cerebral atlas : illustrating the difference between the brains of mentally defective and normal individuals, with a social, mental and neurological record of 120 defectives during life / by Richard J.A. Berry.
  • Neurological & neuropsychological complications of HIV infection : update 1990 : a satellite conference prior to the VI International Conference on AIDS : June 16-19, 1990 Monterey, California, USA : Monterey Convention Center and Monterey Sheraton Hotel, Monterey, California.
  • Neurological & neuropsychological complications of HIV infection : update 1990 : a satellite conference prior to the VI International Conference on AIDS : June 16-19, 1990 Monterey, California, USA : Monterey Convention Center and Monterey Sheraton Hotel, Monterey, California.
  • Neurological & neuropsychological complications of HIV infection : update 1990 : a satellite conference prior to the VI International Conference on AIDS : June 16-19, 1990 Monterey, California, USA : Monterey Convention Center and Monterey Sheraton Hotel, Monterey, California.
  • Neurological & neuropsychological complications of HIV infection : update 1990 : a satellite conference prior to the VI International Conference on AIDS : June 16-19, 1990 Monterey, California, USA : Monterey Convention Center and Monterey Sheraton Hotel, Monterey, California.
  • Neurological & neuropsychological complications of HIV infection : update 1990 : a satellite conference prior to the VI International Conference on AIDS : June 16-19, 1990 Monterey, California, USA : Monterey Convention Center and Monterey Sheraton Hotel, Monterey, California.
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