Author

Ritu Kapoor Page 5

At a university neuroscience institute in Portland, Oregon, Ritu Kapoor coordinated public brain-awareness programs before joining Biology Insights as a staff writer covering basic neuroscience. She organized science fairs and community events using real specimens to explain brain function to visitors. She holds a BS in neuroscience from the University of Vermont.

Do Reflexes Involve the Brain or Just the Spinal Cord?
What Does Pruning Mean in Brain Development?
What Happens When the Corpus Callosum Is Severed?
What Is the Reflex Arc and How Does It Work?
Do Monosynaptic Reflexes Have Interneurons?
What Is the Difference Between a Gyrus and a Sulcus?
What Is Systems Neuroscience? From Circuits to Behavior
Where Is the Thirst Center Located in the Brain?
Where Is the Reticular Formation Located?
Are Sensory Nerves Afferent or Efferent?
Is the Corpus Callosum Part of the Limbic System?
How Big Is the Occipital Lobe? Size and Function
What Is the Corticospinal Tract and What Does It Do?
What Is a Function of the Association Areas of the Frontal Lobes?
What Is in the Forebrain? Its Major Structures and Functions
What Part of the Brain Controls Aggression?
What Would Happen If There Were No Schwann Cells?
When Do Mirror Neurons Develop in Children?
What Does the Midbrain Do? Functions and Anatomy
What Role Does Dopamine Play in Motor Control?
How Does Alcohol Affect the Limbic System?
What Happens to Neurotransmission When Drugs Are Repeatedly Used?
What Part of the Brain Controls Hunger?
Which Part of Your Brain Affects Your Views and Prejudices?
Does the Cerebellum Control Breathing?
Why Doesn’t the Brain Feel Pain?
What Can the Nervous System Do to Increase Muscle Tension?
What Do Old Human Brains and Old Beagle Brains Have in Common?
What Is Bottom-Up Regulation in the Brain?
Where Is the Orbitofrontal Cortex and What Does It Do?