These Breakthroughs Made the 2010s the Decade of the Brain

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I rarely use the words transformative or breakthrough for neuroscience findings. The brain is complex, noisy, chaotic, and often unpredictable. One intriguing result under one condition may soon fail for a majority of others. What’s more, paradigm-shifting research trends often require revolutionary tools. When we’re lucky, those come once […]

Crab study advocates a more ‘multimodal’ approach to defining cell identity

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A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain’s many cells into discrete categories according to their function. Such categories can help researchers understand the complex neural circuits that ultimately give rise to behavior and disease. However, there’s little consensus about what metrics should define a cell’s identity. […]

From crab studies, a broader approach to identifying brain cells

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IMAGE: A juvenile Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) looks at its reflection. view more Credit: Virginia Garcia WOODS HOLE, Mass. – A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain’s many cells into discrete categories according to their function. Such categories can help researchers understand the complex neural circuits […]

Measuring mutations in sperm may reveal risk for autism in future children

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In this illustration of sperm mosaicism, mutated sperm are depicted in red. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects social interaction, communication, interests, and behavior. The exact cause of ASD is unknown, but it’s thought that several complex genetic and environmental […]

Here’s how public dissemination of biology is going wrong

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Published by leading scientific publisher World Scientific, “Rethinking Biology: Public Understandings” sets out in one area of biology after another how complex explanations are often simplified in a misleading way, giving the public a false idea of how biology works. Core areas of biology like plant biology, genetics and […]

Here’s how public dissemination of biology is going wrong

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Published by leading scientific publisher World Scientific, “Rethinking Biology: Public Understandings” sets out in one area of biology after another how complex explanations are often simplified in a misleading way, giving the public a false idea of how biology works. Core areas of biology like plant biology, genetics and […]

Protein signposts guide formation of neural connections

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Cells in the Drosophila optical system. Credit: Zinn laboratory The brain’s complex tangle of interconnected nerve cells processes visual images, recalls memories, controls motor function, and coordinates countless other functions. A major goal of neuroscience is understanding how the brain is “wired”—in other words, how do all of its […]