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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity
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The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. (Image credit: Pontus Lundahl)
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. (Image credit: Pontus Lundahl)
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