human brain

Elon Musk, Neuralink’s billionaire founder, said on Monday the first human patient received an implant from the brain-chip startup on Sunday and is recovering well. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” Musk said in a…
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Cracking the code to brain cancer treatment might start with cracking the brain’s protective shield. Nearly impenetrable walls of jam-packed cells line most of the brain’s blood vessels. Although this blood-brain barrier protects the…
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The classical view of how the human brain controls voluntary movement might not tell the whole story. That map of the primary motor cortex — the motor homunculus — shows how this brain region is divided into sections assigned to each…
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Scientists believe that about 6 million years ago today, the size of the human brain nearly doubled 4 times after the ancestors of humans diverged into several genera from the original archaic human. Scientists noted that many people do…
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