The Brain 2010

The Metal Marvel That Has Mended Brains for 50 Years

Lithium—a simple metal and the oldest drug in psychiatry—might protect the brain against mental illness, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases. One problem: There’s no profit in it.

by Paul Raeburn; additional reporting by Monica Heger

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Discover Interview: The Love Neuroscientist

Believe it or not, says psychologist Stephanie Ortigue, lust makes heavy intellectual demands involving complex thought. (Care to come upstairs and see my diplomas?)
by Eliza Strickland; photograph by Ben Gest