An 18-year-old who complained of seizures in the emergency room of an Indian hospital turned out to have parasites in his brain, according to a case study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Scientists have proved that just like humans and animals, even plants have brains. A recent study shows that a group of cells act as the brains of plants responsible for decision-making during germination.
An amphious is not actually a fish, but it is thought as a brainless and fishless fish. Meanwhile, it gives an incredible clue to the brain evolution of vertebrates.
Scientists found the evolution behind the various brain sizes and functionality. Neuroscientists from Cornell University have collected 58 species of songbirds from 20 different families and studied the evolution of brain sizes.
A special chemical blend which is injected into the brains of cockroaches by the demon jewel wasp can easily turn the cockroaches into zombies, making them a pawn, totally in the wasp’s control.
A newly discovered molecule called Rhodopsin 7 acts as a light-sensing molecule in fruit fly brain. Scientists from the University of California started a light cycle test to chek the expression pattern of Rh7 in fruit flies.
This study was done on one handed people and finding is considered to be a great change of the whole concept for understanding the working of the brain.