Mice Forget Their Fears Thanks to the Flow of Dopamine Through Their Brains

Neurons glow green against a black background in a section of a mouse brain. A few red specks can be seen. An inset magnifies one of these cells that has red and green staining.
April 29, 2025
Read in Discover

RFK Jr.’s pledge to untangle autism’s roots by September defies reality, scientists say

A portrait of Mriganka Sur
April 16, 2025
Read in The Boston Globe

Unexpected Resilience: How a Simple Animal’s Reaction to Illness Reveals the Nervous System’s Flexibility

In a grayscale image a wiggly worm is seen in a vertical orientation above a lumpy background of bacteria
April 9, 2025
Read in Bioengineer.org

Mood Swings During Sickness Are Caused by Complex Brain-Immune Crosstalk

A black brain shown in a side view glows blue. The amygdala, a small almond-shaped structure toward the bottome center stands out especially. In the background there are theater masks signifying emotions.
April 9, 2025
Read in Discover

Shin Seok-woo among six winners of 2025 Samsung Ho-Am Prize in various fields

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April 2, 2025
Read in Chosun Biz

Targeting NMDA receptor subunit reverses fragile X traits in mice

A black and white image shows sections of neural dendrites which appear as long thin lines with many small bumps along them.
March 6, 2025
Read in The Transmitter
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