He worked hard at training his eye and brain to tell the correct distance.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Sleeping sickness is spread by a parasite that infects the central nervous system and,if left untreated, moves to the spinal column and brain, resulting in mental confusion and eventual death.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

This temporarily blocks signals that pass through the nerves to the muscles of the body and back to the brain.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Clots can block the flow of blood to the heart or brain and cause a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

The mind is the collection of activities based in the brain that involve how we act, think,feel and reason.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

For example, a person who speaks and reads fifteen languages, or a medical doctor who operates on the brain.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

They used light-sensitive molecules to turn on and off nerve cells in the deep brain structure of mice.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Harvard's Nicholas Lange says the team looked instead at the chemical and electrical pathways that link the different parts of the brain.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

He had Huntington's Chorea, the same disease of the brain and nervous system that had killed his mother.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

You can do chest compressions that help to keep blood flowing to the brain, heart and other organs.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

CPR,or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, can save a life and reduce the risk of brain damage from loss of oxygen.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The researchers looked at the connections in two areas of the brain that control language and social behavior.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

The gene is a transporter of serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood and desire for food.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Electric signals start in nerve cells and travel along these fibers to and from the brain.

VOA: special.2009.01.06