Neurobiology Research Digest

The octopus keeps just one-third of its neurons in the central brain, placing two-thirds in the arms to handle local sensation, reflexes, and motor...

BLA population activity supports specialized readouts via mixed-selectivity neurons that encode valence, stimulus identity, and behaviors like tremble...

Two new works reveal how culture and screens now dominate the environmental inputs shaping brains from birth to age 25, raising stakes for both...

Three studies reveal how specific peripheral sensory neurons drive chronic pain and itch, opening doors to precise interventions.

• HIV pain...

• Under anesthesia, hippocampal neurons still process language and predict upcoming words from speech.
• Sleep shows regional blood flow sometimes...

Recent studies reveal interconnected molecular drivers of neurodegeneration:

• Irisin, released during exercise, shields neurons directly in MS models...

Depression research is advancing on separate but complementary fronts.

• Reward expectation test: A simple video game revealed that patients with...

Gut microbial β-glucuronidase enzymes reactivate host androgens to sustain androgen receptor expression in Nos1+ enteric neurons, enabling normal...

Two emerging technologies are advancing high-resolution access to living brain tissue with minimal disruption.

• Pencil-beam lasers self-organize...

Stretchable neuromorphic circuits built from malleable polymers and ionogels now replicate synaptic plasticity via organic mixed ionic-electronic...

Maladaptive daydreaming traps sufferers in vivid fantasies for up to 12 hours daily, causing distress and isolation while overlapping with ADHD, OCD,...

True multitasking is possible after extensive training physically shifts automated tasks from the prefrontal cortex to the temporal cortex, bypassing...

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