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Early experience reshapes zebrafish retinal cells, alters behavior
Loss of interneuron plasticity may be shared hallmark of neurodevelopmental conditions
Neuropsychiatric MRI brain signatures fail reproducibility test
Scientific talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not.
An Iranian, an Israeli, and a Palestinian neuroscientist walked into a bar…
After the ‘Thank you’ slide: When lived trauma enters trauma neuroscience
Redefinindo a sub-representação na neurociência mundial
It may be a loss of the adaptive plasticity of PV cells that contributes to the problem.
— DAN FELDMAN, PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY READ MORE
Loss of interneuron plasticity may be shared hallmark of neurodevelopmental conditions
Neuropsychiatric MRI brain signatures fail reproducibility test
Manifestantes argentinos denunciam a falta de financiamento para a ciência
Crise de financiamento na Argentina desencadeia nova onda de protestos
Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomics
Study questions DSM-5’s combining of autism traits
Making an impact through academic administration
Mass-produced science is coming. What happens to scientists?
Getting grants feels good, but giving them is even better
Are parts of the memory trace found in the ‘astroengram?’
Neurons have long taken top billing in memory, but researchers are making the case for astrocytes.
Supported by a $40 million NIH grant, Yale brain shuttle technology raises questions
Yale University claims its STEP platform might be able to deliver gene-editing tools into the brain via multiple routes. Researchers are eager to see more.
Neuropathologist not guilty of research misconduct, says university probe
Scientists decry conference’s use of hidden prompts to snare AI peer reviews
Exclusive: Neuroscience journal editor resigns over automation concerns
Writing science that humans and machines can read
O que significa ‘lar’ para Martín Giurfa
O pesquisador especializado em cognição de insetos já trabalhou em vários continentes, mas a Argentina nunca está longe de seus pensamentos.
The Transmitter ’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
The Transmitter’s New Lab Directory
Making waves: Sleep-like brain activity in awake mice lowers sleep need, boosts memory
From friend to foe: How the brain updates feelings toward others
‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt
David Sussillo on persistence, luck and the bonds between life and work
‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt
Models at the speed of thought: How AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscience
Agentic coding makes it possible to specify a neuroscience model in hours instead of months. Seven neuroscientists weigh in on what that tectonic change may bring to the field.
Trading places: What happens when neuroscience turns into machine learning, and machine learning turns into neuroscience?
Neuroscience has become increasingly concerned with prediction, and machine learning with causal explanation, with each field adopting methods from the other. I asked eight experts to weigh in on what we stand to learn from this exchange.