Scientists Pinpoint the Moment Stress Turns Into Depression in the Brain
A new Nature Neuroscience study maps a precisely timed, seven-day window in which chronic stress remodels the mouse lateral habenula ...
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New Tools and Fresh Thinking Are Reshaping the Science of Addiction
A new Frontiers Research Topic argues that biosensors, longitudinal phenotyping, and transdiagnostic biomarkers are transforming addiction from a static label ...
Light-Activated Brain Switches Earn 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering light-gated ...
Light-Switching Brain Proteins Earn 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering light-gated ...
Optogenetics Pioneers Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ...
Oxytocin in the Brain’s Septum Lets Mice Learn Safe Foods From Friends
New research in PLOS Biology shows that oxytocin receptor signaling in the dorsal lateral septum is essential for mice to ...
Hidden Symmetry Found in the Brain’s Messy Head-Direction Circuits
A new Nature Neuroscience study shows that seemingly disordered mammalian head-direction circuits conceal the hidden circular symmetry of continuous attractor ...
How the Brain’s Internal Compass Holds Its Course: Ring Attractor Networks Go Full Circle
A new theoretical study shows that heterogeneous, biologically realistic neural circuits implement head-direction selectivity through the same continuous attractor dynamics ...
Bullfrog brains found to brew their own backup fuel when glucose runs dry
University of Missouri researchers found that bullfrog brains can produce ketone bodies locally when glucose is scarce, a built-in backup ...
Fruit fly brain study reveals how working memory is written and switched off
Researchers at NYU Langone Health have shown that fruit flies store short-term odor memories in a gated split attractor network ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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