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5:26

Oligodendrocytes need mechanical cues to myelinate...

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2026/02/11

Without the mechanosensor TMEM63A, the cells cannot deposit the appropriate amount of insulation, according to a new study.

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5:26

Aging neurons outsource garbage disposal, clog microglia

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2026/02/10

Degradation-resistant proteins pass from neurons to glial cells in a process that may spread protein clumps around the brain, according to a study in mice.

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6:39

Oregon primate research center to negotiate with NIH...

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2026/02/09

The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University, which runs the primate center, voted unanimously in favor of the move.

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6:39

From genes to dynamics: Examining brain cell types in...

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2026/02/09

Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity.

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5:19

Cerebellum responds to language like cortical areas

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2026/02/06

One of four language-responsive cerebellar regions may encode meaningful information, much like the cortical language network in the left hemisphere, according to a new study.

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6:50

Neuro's ark: Understanding fast foraging with...

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2026/02/04

“MacArthur genius” Kenneth Catania outlined the physiology behind the moles’ stellar foraging skills two decades ago. Next, he wants to better characterize their food-seeking behavior.

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6:18

NIH scraps policy that classified basic research in...

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2026/02/03

The policy aimed to increase the transparency of research in humans but created “a bureaucratic nightmare” for basic neuroscientists.

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4:34

Largest leucovorin-autism trial retracted

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2026/02/03

A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results.

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5:33

Cell atlas cracks open 'black box' of mammalian...

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2026/02/03

The atlas details the genetics, birth dates and gene-expression signatures of roughly 150 neuron subtypes in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord.

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12:16

Betting blind on AI and the scientific mind

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2026/02/02

If the struggle to articulate an idea is part of how you come to understand it, then tools that bypass that struggle might degrade your capacity for the kind of thinking that matters most for actual discovery.

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5:53

Viral remnant in chimpanzees silences brain gene...

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2026/01/27

The retroviral insert appears to inadvertently switch off a gene involved in brain development.

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9:35

Why emotion research is stuck-and how to move it forward

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2026/01/26

Studying how organisms infer indirect threats and understand changing contexts can establish a common framework that bridges species and levels of analysis.

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6:27

How artificial agents can help us understand social...

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2026/01/16

Neuroscience is chasing the complexity of social behavior, yet we have not answered the simplest question in the chain: How does a brain know “who is who”? Emerging multi-agent artificial intelligence may help accelerate our understanding of this fundamental computation.

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5:28

Common and rare variants shape distinct genetic...

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2026/01/15

Certain gene variants may have greater weight in determining autism likelihood for some populations, a new study shows.

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8:00

Bringing African ancestry into cellular neuroscience

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2026/01/14

Two independent teams in Africa are developing stem cell lines and organoids from local populations to explore neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions.

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8:24

Computational psychiatry needs systems neuroscience

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2026/01/13

Dissecting different parallel processing streams may help us understand the mechanisms underlying psychiatric symptoms, such as delusions, and unite human and animal research.

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7:35

This paper changed my life: John Tuthill reflects on...

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2026/01/12

Wittlinger, Wehner and Wolf’s 2006 “stilts and stumps” Science paper revealed how ants pull off extraordinary feats of navigation using a biological odometer, and it inspired Tuthill to consider how other insects sense their own bodies.

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5:29

Some facial expressions are less reflexive than...

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2026/01/08

A countenance such as a grimace activates many of the same cortical pathways as voluntary facial movements.

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9:30

Cracking the neural code for emotional states

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2026/01/08

Rather than act as a simple switchboard for innate behaviors, the hypothalamus encodes an animal’s internal state, which influences behavior.

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5:17

Neuro's ark: How goats can model neurodegeneration

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2026/01/06

Since debunking an urban legend that headbutting animals don’t damage their brain, Nicole Ackermans has been investigating how the behavior correlates with neurodegeneration.

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