Brain Facts Audio

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The 2008 edition of Brain Facts is now available in audio format, free of charge!

This latest edition updates all sections and includes new information on brain development, learning and memory, language, neurological and psychiatric illnesses, potential therapies, and more.

Use the table below to stream individual sections of Brain Facts:

Overview	Duration (min.)	Listen (.mp3)
Preface	00:42
Introduction	06:09
Main Content
The Neuron: Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators \| Second Messengers	21:14
Brain Development: Birth of Neurons and Brain Wiring \| Pairing Back \| Critical Periods	19:06
Sensation and Perception: Vision \| Hearing \| Taste and Smell \| Touch and Pain	19:54
Learning, Memory, and Language: Learning and Memory \| Language	12:20
Movement	09:50
Sleep: Brain Activity During Sleep \| Sleep Disorders \| How is Sleep Regulated?	13:34
Stress: The Immediate Response \| Chronic Stress	13:34
Aging: Aging Neurons \| Intellectual Capacity	08:18
Neural Disorders: Addiction	18:14
Neural Disorders: Alzheimer's Disease \| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis \| Anxiety Disorders \| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	20:10
Neural Disorders: Autism \| Bipolar Disorder \| Brain Tumors \| Down Syndrome \| Dyslexia \| Huntington's Disease	18:02
Neural Disorders: Major Depression \| Multiple Sclerosis \| Neurological AIDS \| Neurological Trauma \| Pain	22:04
Neural Disorders: Parkinson's Disease \| Schizophrenia \| Seizures and Epilepsy \| Stroke \| Tourette Syndrome	17:22
New Diagnostic Methods: Imaging Techniques \| Gene Diagnosis	16:00
Potential Therapies: New Drugs \| Trophic Factors \| Engineered Antibodies \| Small Molecules and RNAs \| Cell and Gene Therapy	09:50
Neuroethics	11:20