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Immune cell interlopers breach-and repair-brain barrier in mice

The choroid plexus, the protective network of blood vessels and epithelial cells that line the brain’s ventricles, recruits neutrophils and macrophages during inflammation, a new study shows.

11-22
06:05

NeuroAI: A field born from the symbiosis between neuroscience, AI

As the history of this nascent discipline reveals, neuroscience has inspired advances in artificial intelligence, and AI has provided a testing ground for models in neuroscience, accelerating progress in both fields.

11-15
07:22

Timing tweak turns trashed fMRI scans into treasure

Leveraging start-up “dummy scans,” which are typically discarded in imaging analyses, can shorten an experiment’s length and make data collection more efficient, a new study reveals.

10-30
05:53

Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer's research

New results suggest the disease progresses differently in women, but we need more basic science to unpack the mechanisms involved.

10-25
08:04

This paper changed my life: 'Spontaneous cortical activity reveals hallmarks of an optimal internal model of the environment,' from the Fiser Lab

Fiser’s work taught me how to think about grounding computational models in biologically plausible implementations.

10-18
05:33

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

The NIH-sponsored effort aims to help incentivize scientists to share data. But many barriers to the widespread adoption of useful data-sharing remain.

10-10
05:43

A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery.

Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?

10-08
27:16

Repeat scans reveal brain changes that precede childbirth

A detailed look at a “pregnant brain” highlights a need to investigate the neural alterations that occur during a transition experienced by nearly 140 million people worldwide each year.

10-01
08:54

Reconstructing dopamine's link to reward

The field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error—or abandon it entirely.

09-25
19:37

In updated U.S. autism bill, Congress calls for funding boost, expanded scope

The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.

09-10
05:35

From reductionism to dynamical systems: How two books influenced my thinking across 30 years of neuroscience

Nicole Rust describes her career-changing literary journey of joy, free will and the evolution of a field.

08-29
04:01

Neuroscience needs a career path for software engineers

Few institutions have mechanisms for the type of long-term positions that would best benefit the science.

08-20
07:02

Nonsense correlations and how to avoid them

This statistical error is common in systems neuroscience. Fortunately, straightforward methods can help you prevent it.

08-15
06:13

Is it time to worry about brain chimeras?

Brains made of neurons from two species raise new concerns.

08-08
09:26

Martin Giurfa's concept of home

The insect-cognition researcher has done his work across continents, but Argentina is never far from his mind.

08-01
15:06

Women are systematically under-cited in neuroscience. New tools can change that.

An omitted citation in a high-profile paper led us to examine our own practices and to help others adopt tools that promote citation diversity.

07-24
05:29

Future of BRAIN Initiative funding remains unclear

As the U.S. Congress begins to discuss federal science funding for 2025, any plans to compensate for this year’s cuts to the neuroscience program face an uphill battle.

07-15
04:11

At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel

The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.

07-08
18:08

Can an emerging field called 'neural systems understanding' explain the brain?

This mashup of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and even linguistics and philosophy of mind aims to crack the deep question of what “understanding” is, however un-brain-like its models may be.

06-24
21:09

Reviving 'inside-out' hypothesis of amyloid beta to explain Alzheimer's mysteries

New research is resurfacing old ideas about where the protein forms the disease’s hallmark plaques.

06-17
08:40

MrK-W

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