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The Transmitter

Your latest update from The Transmitter, an essential resource for the neuroscience community, dedicated to helping scientists at all career stages stay current and build connections. Read more: https://www.thetransmitter.org/

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5:57

Four autism subtypes map onto distinct genes, traits

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2025/07/17

An analysis of more than 5,000 autistic children and their siblings underscores the idea that autism can be understood as multiple conditions with distinct trajectories.

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7:12

Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary...

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2025/07/16

To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.

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6:15

NIH proposal sows concerns over future of animal...

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2025/07/15

The new NIH policy calls for greater incorporation of new approach methodologies in all future Notices of Funding Opportunities related to animal model systems.

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8:57

Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant...

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2025/07/14

As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.

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6:50

Neuropeptides reprogram social roles in leafcutter ants

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2025/07/11

The mechanisms that control the labor roles of ants may also be conserved in naked mole rats, a new study shows.

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4:23

Nature retracts paper on novel brain cell type...

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2025/07/09

A 2022 paper was retracted after an independent team of researchers reanalyzed the data and questioned its validity.

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5:06

Drosophila, like vertebrates, filter sensory...

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2025/07/08

Predictive sensory processing in sleeping <em>Drosophila</em> echoes vertebrate research, establishing an evolutionarily conserved neural signature of sleep.

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7:48

Neuroscience's open-data revolution is just getting...

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2025/07/07

Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate the pace of science, reduce costs and increase the value of our collective research investments. New tools that make open data easier to use—and new pressures, including funding cuts—may increase uptake.

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6:31

Machine learning spots neural progenitors in adult...

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2025/07/03

But the finding has not settled the long-standing debate over the existence and extent of neurogenesis during adulthood, says Yale University neuroscientist Juan Arellano.

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9:29

Astrocytes sense neuromodulators to orchestrate...

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2025/06/27

Astrocytes serve as crucial mediators of neuromodulatory processes previously attributed to direct communication between neurons, four new studies show.

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5:41

Spatial learning circuitry fluctuates in step with...

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2025/06/25

Cyclic shifts in estradiol levels coincide with changes in dendritic spine density and the activity of place cells in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, a new study shows.

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11:14

Expanded view of hippocampal function comes into focus

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2025/06/24

After decades of debate, the region’s role is being rewritten. Rather than using sensory input to simply log key points in time and space, the hippocampus may serve to contextualize our experiences and memories—and ultimately make predictions about the future.

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8:23

Many students want to learn to use artificial...

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2025/06/23

Effectively teaching students how to employ AI in their writing assignments requires clear guidelines—and detailed, case-specific examples.

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13:42

The big idea with Diego Bohórquez

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2025/06/20

His theories around the neuropod have challenged the boundaries of classic ideas regarding gut-brain communication.

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5:21

Genetic background steers PTEN syndrome traits

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2025/06/19

People with the syndrome, caused by variants in the gene PTEN, often have autism or cancer, or both, but it depends on the genetic diversity encoded in the components of distinct cell signaling pathways, according to a new study.

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5:15

Star-responsive neurons steer moths' long-distance...

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2025/06/18

Cells in the bogong moth brain respond to astral landmarks to orient the insects in the direction they need to go.

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5:25

This paper changed my life: Bradley Dickerson on how...

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2025/06/17

This classic paper by zoologist John Pringle describes the haltere—a small structure in flies that plays a crucial role in flight control. It taught me to think about circuits and behavior as greater than the sum of their parts.

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5:53

Gazing at a location from afar activates place cells...

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2025/06/13

The results help explain how the hippocampus can recall information about a place without an animal physically revisiting it.

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4:54

Some dopamine neurons signal default behaviors to...

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2025/06/11

Movement-sensing neurons that target the striatum influence a mouse’s choice of action by favoring routine.

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8:43

On the importance of reading (just not too much)

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2025/06/09

The real fun of being a neuroscientist, and maybe the key to asking and answering new questions, is to think big and take intellectual risks.

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