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Marcelle Lapicque: A forgotten pioneer in neuroscience
Infant visual system categorizes common objects by 2 months of age
How insights from network theory can boost interdisciplinary efforts
Today’s action potentials
”We better understand what is happening in the brain through network theory. Can we better understand our own lab meetings through network theory as well? — LINDA DOUW, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY AND NEUROSCIENCES, AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy? What does the term 'representation' mean to you? We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields. eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM
— Tomás Ryan (@tjryan.bsky.social) February 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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Neuroscience needs single-synapse studies
This paper changed my life: Ishmail Abdus-Saboor on balancing the study of pain and pleasure
Organoid study reveals shared brain pathways across autism-linked variants
Sex bias in autism drops as age at diagnosis rises
Oregon primate research center to negotiate with NIH on possible transition to sanctuary
‘Peer review is our strength’: Q&A with Walter Koroshetz, former NINDS director
BRAIN Initiative researchers ‘dream big’ amid shifts in leadership, funding
Neuroscience, BRAIN Initiative gain budget in ‘bad’ NIH funding bill
Frameshift: Raphe Bernier followed his heart out of academia, then made his way back again
Betting blind on AI and the scientific mind
Frameshift: At a biotech firm, Ubadah Sabbagh embraces the expansive world outside academia
A brief history of precision self-scanning
When a researcher solved a logistical problem by going rogue, the idea proved remarkably infectious.
The state of neuroscience in 2025: An overview
The Transmitter presents a portrait of the field through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding.
This paper changed my life: John Tuthill reflects on the subjectivity of selfhood
The best of ‘this paper changed my life’ in 2025
The Transmitter’s most-read neuroscience book excerpts of 2025
The Transmitter’s top news articles of 2025
Talking shop: The Transmitter’s top quotes of 2025
Frameshift: Shari Wiseman reflects on her pivot from science to publishing
The Transmitter ’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
The Transmitter’s New Lab Directory
Diving in with Nachum Ulanovsky
Computational psychiatry needs systems neuroscience
Cracking the neural code for emotional states
Remembering Adam Kampff, neuroscience educator and researcher
Psilocybin rewires specific mouse cortical networks in lasting ways
‘Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language,’ an excerpt
‘Neuroethics: The Implications of Mapping and Changing the Brain,’ an excerpt
‘How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past,’ an excerpt
The visual system’s lingering mystery: Connecting neural activity and perception
Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools. I asked 10 neuroscientists what experimental and conceptual methods they think we’re missing.
One year of FlyWire: How the resource is redefining Drosophila research
We asked nine neuroscientists how they are using FlyWire data in their labs, how the connectome has transformed the field and what new tools they would like to see in the future.