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Subthalamic plasticity helps mice squelch innate fear responses

To accelerate the study of neurodevelopment, we need a transdiagnostic framework
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Plaque levels differ in popular Alzheimer’s mouse model depending on which parent’s variants are passed down
‘Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,’ an excerpt
Today’s action potentials
”We cannot simply combine perception, planning and action modules and expect robust goal-directed behavior to emerge. — ANTHONY ZADOR, PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

To accelerate the study of neurodevelopment, we need a transdiagnostic framework

Roundup: The false association between vaccines and autism
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Why practical summer courses in neuroscience matter

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Claims of necessity and sufficiency are not well suited for the study of complex systems

Revisiting sex and gender in the brain

The brain holds no exclusive rights on how to create intelligence

Neuroscientists need to do better at explaining basic mental health research

Static pay, shrinking prospects fuel neuroscience postdoc decline
Postdoctoral researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health now toil longer than ever before, for less money. They are responding accordingly.

A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.
Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?

From bench to bot: How important is prompt engineering?

From bench to bot: Does AI really make you a more efficient writer?

From bench to bot: Boost your writing with AI personas

Sniffing out the mysteries of olfaction
A background in physics, and his own curiosity, have helped Dmitry Rinberg tackle the complexities of the neuroscience of smell.

To keep or not to keep: Neurophysiology’s data dilemma

The S-index Challenge: Develop a metric to quantify data-sharing success

A README for open neuroscience

‘Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,’ an excerpt

Open-access neuroscience comes to the classroom: Q&A with Liz Kirby

What makes memories last—dynamic ensembles or static synapses?
Teasing out how different subfields conceptualize central terms might help move this long-standing debate forward. I asked eight scientists to weigh in.

What are mechanisms? Unpacking the term is key to progress in neuroscience
Mechanism is a common and powerful concept, invoked in grant calls and publication guidelines. But scientists use it in different ways, making it difficult to clarify standards in the field. We asked nine scientists to weigh in.