Reporter
The Transmitter
Calli McMurray is a reporter for The Transmitter, where she covers research integrity, brain-body physiology and unique animal models. She also reports on structural and regulatory issues that affect research.
Before joining The Transmitter in 2024, she interned at The Chronicle of Higher Education and freelanced for STAT, The Texas Observer, KFF Health News and elsewhere.
Age at diagnosis reflects underlying differences in common genetic variants and developmental trajectories among people with autism.
Age at diagnosis reflects underlying differences in common genetic variants and developmental trajectories among people with autism.
During the later stages of learning, the mouse brain progressively activates transcriptional regulators that drive memory consolidation.
During the later stages of learning, the mouse brain progressively activates transcriptional regulators that drive memory consolidation.
During the high-estradiol stages of their estrus cycle, female rats learn faster than they do during other stages—and than male rats overall—thanks to a boost in their dopaminergic response to reward, a new study suggests.
During the high-estradiol stages of their estrus cycle, female rats learn faster than they do during other stages—and than male rats overall—thanks to a boost in their dopaminergic response to reward, a new study suggests.