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Learning and unlearning to fear: The two faces of noradrenaline
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ּּּBigger oocytes = more mistakes
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Superfly flight simulator helps unravel navigation in the brain
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Skipping fatty acids could be recipe for schizophrenia
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A gut-wrenching defense against parasitic worms
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Memory retrieval needs a neuronal connecting flight
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From egg to embryo
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This nickel catalyst bats from both sides of the plate
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New info about how chromosomes form
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CAPON links Alzheimer’s plaques to neurodegeneration
CAPON was found to link Aβ plaques and hippocampal neurodegeneration in mice, explaining how these two hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease are related.
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AdR blockers protect the brain from stroke damage
Treatment with adrenergic receptor antagonists (AdR blockers) was able to reduce stroke-related brain damage in mice and improve motor recovery.
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Trigger region found for epileptic absence seizures
A mouse model shows that absence seizures are triggered by faulty connections between the cortex and fast-spiking neurons in the striatum.
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Opto-OISI: imaging connections in the living brain
A new imaging technique called opto-OISI allows scientists to non-invasively visualize where specific neurons project in the living brain.
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Flies smell through a gore-tex system
The newly named gore-tex gene is responsible for the development of nanopores that allow chemicals in the air to be detected (in flies).
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Protein pileup affects social behavior through altered brain signaling
When a normal cellular cleanup process is disrupted, social behavior in mice is disrupted and they start behaving in ways that resemble human symptoms of autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.