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Understanding The Drive For Social Connection
A peptide associated with regulating parental behavior in mice may be important in understanding loneliness, and the craving for social interaction.
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Susumu Tonegawa
The sole winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Professor Susumu Tonegawa helped discover the genetic basis for antibody diversity. Today, he is spearheading research in neuroscience, seeking the biological mechanisms of memory.
Glowing Protein In Unagi Can Help Screen For Jaundice In Babies
A glowing protein from Japanese eel muscles can be used to test for jaundice in newborns.
Brain ‘Conductor’ Keeps Time in Memory Orchestra
In mice, memories became useless and jumbled when a region of the brain called CA3 was shut down.
Forgot How Something Felt? Sleep To Remember
Researchers have discovered that a good night’s sleep improves our ability to remember what we learned during the day.
How Axons Know To Grow In One Direction
The protein, myosin-Va, helps direct the growth of nerves by telling new pieces of axon where they should go.
Maintaining The Balance Between Excitation and Inhibition
Researchers have found that the same neurotransmitter can cause either neuronal excitation or inhibition, depending on which receptor it binds to.
New Technique Enables Long-Term Brain Imaging In Primates
Researchers have developed a system to reversibly light up selected neurons in the brains of marmosets over several months.
Scientists Develop A Mitochondrial-Driven Mouse Model Of Depression
Research has implicated mitochondria dysfunction in depression, providing new insight into the onset of this debilitating illness.
Social Threat Contexts Mapped To Cortical Networks
Communication networks, and not single cells or brain regions, are responsible for contextual processing in primate brains.
