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brain : the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system enclosed in the skull and continuous with the spinal cord through the foramen magnum that is composed of neurons and supporting and nutritive structures (as glia) and that integrates sensory information from inside and outside the body in controlling autonomic function (as heartbeat and respiration), in coordinating and directing correlated motor responses, and in the process of learning — Webster

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Brain The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate’s body. In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately 15–33 billion neurons, each connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons. These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells. — Wikipedia

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    by Natasha Bray on December 6, 2018 at 12:00 am

    When remembering is rewardingWhen remembering is rewarding, Published online: 06 December 2018; doi:10.1038/s41583-018-0110-4In mice, long-term potentiation of hippocampal–nucleus accumbens synapses is required for the formation of reward-related memories. […]

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    by Sian Lewis on December 5, 2018 at 12:00 am

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    by Cherkaouia Kibaly on December 5, 2018 at 12:00 am

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