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Get to Know your Brain Stem

January 16, 2015

Learn more about one of the most primitive areas of your brain – the brain stem. Discover all of the aspects of your body influenced by the brain stem. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: blood pressure, Brain Stem, Cerebellum, digestion, heartbeat, Medulla Oblongata, midbrain, pons, sleep cycles, spinal cord
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What Is a Brain Aneurysm?

January 14, 2015

Learn more about brain aneurysm causes, symptoms, and treatments. Discover the difference between aneurysm coiling and aneurysm clipping surgeries. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: aneurysm, aneurysm clipping, aneurysm coiling, brain aneurysm, high blood pressure, ruptured brain aneurysm
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Habits That Can Negatively Affect Your Brain

December 29, 2014

Learn more about how bad habits, including substance and alcohol abuse, poor diet, and lack of reading, can negatively affect your brain. Learn More

Categorized as: Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: addiction, alcohol, bad habits, brain health, depression, insomnia, junk food, lack of sleep, magnesium, memory loss, permanent mood disorders, Reading, sleep deprivation, smoking, toxic chemicals, vitamin b1, Vitamin B1 deficiency
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How Music Affects a Child’s Brain

December 15, 2014

Find out how music can help develop your child's brain and enhance the ability to interpret and integrate sensory information. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Neurosurgery and Brain Health, Pediatrics
Tagged with: brain connectivity, brain development, brain hemispheres, child development, emotions, grey matter, intellectual skills, motor skills, music, parts of the brain, video games, white matter, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Can Concussions Impact Memory or Intelligence?

December 4, 2014

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the impact of a concussion on an individual's short-term and long-term memory, as well as intelligence. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Sports Medicine
Categorized as: Neurosurgery and Brain Health, Sports Medicine
Tagged with: concussion, concussion myths, head injury, Jonathan French PsyD, sports medicine, traumatic brain injury, UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program
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Get To Know Your Brain Series – The Frontal Lobe

December 1, 2014

Learn more about the part of your brain that makes you...you. The frontal lobe. Learn more about the frontal lobe's core responsibilities. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: brain, brain health, emotional control center, frontal lobe, memory centers, movement, parts of the brain, social interaction
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How Holiday Smells Create Fond Memories: Making Sense of Scents

November 29, 2014

During the holidays, our sense of smell evokes powerful memories and emotions from the past — thanks to the fascinating way our brains work! Learn more. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Family Health, Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: brain, emotional brain, holiday, holidays, limbic system, memories, memory, nose, Ph.D., Rachel Herz, smell, smells, traditions, turkey
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10 Exercises to Build Brain Health

November 10, 2014

Trying to keep your brain sharp? Discover how simply changing your routine or doing something new can benefit your brain. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: Alzheimer's disease, brain exercises, dementia, luminosity, memory, mental exercises, National Institute on Health and Aging, neuroscience
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Boo! How Your Brain Reacts to Fear

October 27, 2014

Learn about how your brain and body reacts to fear, and discover why your pulse quickens, adreneline increases, and hormones make you feel like superman. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Neurosurgery
Categorized as: Family Health, Neurosurgery and Brain Health
Tagged with: adrenaline, afraid, amygdala, blood pressure, brain, brain chemical, fear, glutamate, hypothalamus, thalamus