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Researchers at the University of Arizona Medical School have discovered that the protein kinase M zeta (PKMzeta) is responsible for the prolonged pain and sensitivity after suffering a blow or injury to a part of the body.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) have found within the neocortex of the brain a subnet of highly active neurons that behave in a similar way to the most active members of a social network such as Facebook, according to 'Neuron'.

Women's brains are more sensitive to the action of a hormone that orchestrates the body's response to stress, according to a new study conducted in Philadelphia (USA). Men, on the other hand, can adapt their neurons to resist its effects.

From a strictly scientific point of view, the memory capacity of the human brain cannot be compared with that of a PC. Just think that we have about 100,000 million neurons, each of which establishes up to 50,000 contacts with its neighboring cells.

The joint candidacy of biochemists David Julius, Linda Watkins and Baruch Minke, considered three world leaders in the field of neurobiology and the study of pain, has won the Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research, which failed this afternoon in Oviedo.

Spending hours playing brain training games in front of the computer may have little effect on our brains, according to a new British study published in Nature. If we want to increase our intelligence, experts say, it is better to learn languages or practice a new sport.

To celebrate Brain Week, in VERY Interesting we have rescued six very "brainy" interviews with Joseph Ledoux, Eve Marder, Helen Fisher, Steven Pinker, Joe Z. Tsien and Ferran Salmuri, who tell us how our thinking organ works.

The Holy Grail of neurosciences could be found in a circuit of 30 neurons located in the stomach of a crustacean. The biologist Eve Marder explains to us in an interesting interview how it is possible that this mini-brain provides invaluable information about the functioning of our brains.