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What Are Microglia?

12th - Higher Ed
The brain is like a really fancy restaurant. Itês picky about who it lets inside. You have to be one of the privileged few. But even fancy restaurants need to be cleaned up and protected, right? Who does the dirty work? In this episode...
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Why is Alzheimer's still a medical mystery?

12th - Higher Ed
Decades of scientific research into Alzheimer’s have failed to find a cure. Little is known about the degenerative brain disease—but this may be about to change.
Instructional Video5:07
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What is a Neuron?

12th - Higher Ed
The neuron. It is perhaps the most important cell in the human body. We have billions in our body and together they form a superhighway that sends information throughout our mind and body. But can you name the different parts? Alie...
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Neuron also known as neurones and nerve cells) are responsive cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information by chemical signals within the neuron.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
They are the core components of the brain, the vertebrate spinal cord, the invertebrate ventral nerve cord, and the peripheral nerves