With more cells than there are stars in the galaxy, our brains keep a whole host of bodily functions correctly working  — and we don’t even have to think about doing it.

Our brains enable us to understand the world, to build memories, to create, and to feel emotions. They endow us with all the qualities that make us human.

Now, for the ninth straight year, Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will celebrate the amazing brain with its annual Brain School program, “The Adaptive Brain in Health and Disease,” from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, March 14. 

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