Medicine Nobel: how an algal protein became a switch for nerve cells
A light-sensitive protein lets researchers change selected nerve cells’ activity, helping reveal how brain signals contribute to memories, feelings and behavior.
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A vanishing neighbor can send tiny glassfish fleeing
Virtual schools and recordings from thousands of neurons show how glassfish can react to danger they never directly saw.
Continue reading →How scientists made pig and human brain maps comparable
Matching activity networks and white-matter geometry revealed large-scale correspondences—but each colorful map rests on measurements, modeling choices and important limits.
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Gene knockdowns suggest that planarians use overlapping molecular instructions to make dopamine-producing neurons and place them in the correct nervous-system regions.
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