By BENEDICT CAREY
The outer layer of the brain, the reasoning, planning and self-aware region known as the cerebral cortex, has a central clearinghouse of activity below the crown of the head that is widely connected to more-specialized regions in a large network similar to a subway map, scientists reported Monday.
Scientists Identify the Brain’s Activity Hub (via NY Times)
July 1st, 2008 · No Comments
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The Worms Crawl In (via NY Times)
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By ELIZABETH SVOBODA
In 2004, David Pritchard applied a dressing to his arm that was crawling with pin-size hookworm larvae, like maggots on the surface of meat. He left the wrap on for several days to make sure that the squirming freeloaders would infiltrate his system.
“The itch when they cross through your skin is indescribable,” he […]
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