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“Nature Index 2024 Neuroscience”
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I think it’s possible that the apparent conflict between observations of engrams and drift might be due to issues of scale and subtleties in experimental design. — EVAN SCHAFFER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE, ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI

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Erin Grant | Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit & Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at University College London
Use case determines the validity of neural systems comparisons
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Hardy Rideout | Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens
LRRK2 – a master regulator of neurodegeneration: acting on multiple systems including neuroinflammatory signaling, vesicular trafficking, and cell death pathways
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Portrait of insect-cognition researcher Martin Giurfa.
Neuroethology

Martín Giurfa y la idea de hogar

By Gina Jiménez
20 August 2024 | 15 min read
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Illustration of a lab with a smoking crater in the middle of the floor.

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

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

By Calli McMurray
4 October 2024 | 27 min listen
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Brain stimulation

Putting a bright idea to the test

A surprising wave of findings in mice suggests that light and sound flickering at 40 hertz clears the brain of Alzheimer’s-disease-linked plaques. Several companies are hoping to prove it works in people.

By Shaena Montanari
21 August 2024 | 11 min read
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