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Smoking cannabis once as a teen can change your brain – Expert Reaction

Smoking cannabis once as a teen can change your brain – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 January 201911 February 2019

Teens who say they have only smoked cannabis once or twice have both structural and cognitive changes in their brains, […]

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Could a couple of beers a day damage your brain? – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 June 201703 August 2018

Just a couple of stubbies a night, or a glass or two of wine, could be damaging your brain, say […]

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Caffeine boosts long-term memory – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 13 January 201428 March 2016

UK SMC: Scientists published in Nature Neuoscience today have concluded that caffeine enhances long-term memory by improving the process of memory […]

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BPA, brain and behaviour – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 28 May 2013

A study published this week in the journal PNAS finds that mice exposed to prenatal BPA exhibit changes in brain […]

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East & Bays Courier: Scientist has stem cells on the brain

In the News  |  Published: 11 August 2010

Sarah Moyes writes in the East & Bays Courier about neuroscientist Bronwen Connor, who is researching adult stem cells in […]

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Great minds come together at brain research retreat

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 04 September 200919 June 2011

The 27th Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR) was held this week in Queenstown. Dr Fabiana Kubke, of the […]

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‘Sex-biases’ in the brain

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 April 200907 April 2009

New Zealand researchers studying the complex interplay of sex hormones, behaviour and the brain have found new evidence for the […]

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