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Ritu Kapoor Page 9

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.

How Do Neurons Communicate With One Another?Brain & Nerves
Does Alcohol Pass the Blood-Brain Barrier?Substances
What Is the Reticular Formation and Why Is It Important?Brain & Nerves
What Does the Axon Hillock Do in a Neuron?Brain & Nerves
What Is Social Neuroscience? The Biology of Social Interaction Biology
What Does the Reticular Formation Do?Brain & Nerves
What Do Sensory Receptors Do and Why Are They Important?Brain & Nerves
How Does a Signal Travel From One Neuron to Another?Brain & Nerves
What Happens When the Limbic System Is Damaged?Brain & Nerves
What Is the Difference Between Autonomic and Somatic Nervous System?Brain & Nerves
What Can Damage the Amygdala?Brain & Nerves
What Part of the Brain Controls Involuntary Actions?Brain & Nerves
What Is the Function of the Primary Motor Cortex?Brain & Nerves
Why Is a Diminished Prefrontal Cortex Disadvantageous?Brain & Nerves
What Part of the Brain Is Subconscious?Brain & Nerves
What Part of the Brain Controls Taste?Brain & Nerves
What Is Neurobiology? The Biology of the Nervous System Biology
What Does Having a Larger Amygdala Mean?Brain & Nerves
What Is an Electrical Synapse and How Does It Work?Biology
Where Is the Axon Hillock and What Is Its Function?Biology
How Are Neural Impulses (Action Potentials) Generated?Biology
What Is a Neurotoxin and Its Effect on the Nervous System?Brain & Nerves
What Is the Role of Dendrites in a Neuron?Brain & Nerves
What Animals Have Cannabinoid Receptors?Zoology
What Does Your Thalamus Do? Its Main Functions Brain & Nerves
When Is Myelination Complete? The Full Process Explained Brain & Nerves
Where Is the Nucleus Accumbens Located?Brain & Nerves
What Part of the Brain Does Methamphetamine Affect?Brain & Nerves
What Part of the Brain Controls Gross Motor Skills?Brain & Nerves
Do Neuron Cells Divide and Can They Regenerate?Brain & Nerves