There is no such thing as a normal brain - TEDxPSU
In this talk from 2024's TEDxPSU conference, I discuss some of the things I've learned from writing about the most unusual cases of human…
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Explore the anatomy and cells behind the stories.
Glial Cells
For much of the history of neuroscience, glial cells were treated like…
Sodium-Potassium Pump
The sodium-potassium pump (also known as the Na+/K+ pump or Na+/K+-ATPase) is…