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.
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.
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 24 November.
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 24 November.
The long-time NINDS researcher, best known for studying movement disorders, has died at age 82.
The long-time NINDS researcher, best known for studying movement disorders, has died at age 82.