Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows through your central nervous system, serving multiple roles: it protects your brain, takes out the cellular trash, and even ...

Neuroscience labs don’t often look like mad science labs. Typically, you see graduate students analyzing data on computers, postdoctoral fellows pipetting at the bench, or conducting various other ...

Knowing Neurons is a science education platform run entirely by graduate students and early-career professionals. We volunteer our time because we believe that effective communication can cultivate ...

By Kaitlyn Huizar Convulsive therapies are an underappreciated treatment that can alleviate symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders through rapid cycles of muscle contraction and relaxation. However, ...

Divi is a high school student entering her Junior year. She always found an interest in science and art, and loves to find ways to bridge the two. In her free time, you can catch her reading, crafting ...

In Knowing Neuron's March infographic, Sumana Shrestha goes over the types of Central Nervous System tumors. Click here to learn more!

By Nada Salem When a clinical trial holds the power to change who you are, do you get a say in what happens next? This question made headlines when a participant in an Australian study was forced to ...

Gil Torten is currently in his 2nd year of his Ph.D. at UCLA. His research is particularly interested in vision, specifically in the maintenance and function of the photoreceptor cell in the retina, ...

Advances in neuroscience have the power to inform and improve many aspects of our legal system (Chorvat & McCabe, 2004). In the context of civil cases, new and enhanced neuroimaging technologies offer ...

Imagine standing in line at a café when someone blatantly cuts ahead of you. A flash of indignation flares up – “Hey, that’s not fair!” On the other hand, think about how you would feel when a ...

The world around us is beyond complicated. One theory of how the brain deals with this complexity is by creating cognitive maps. In part one, we discussed the underlying ideas behind cognitive maps ...

A Journey through the History of Psychiatry By Daniel Janko Have you ever pondered the journey leading to our contemporary comprehension and management of psychiatric disorders? If so, consider adding ...