Brain & Behavior

An aerial view of Latham Island, more than 40 kilometers off the Tanzanian coast and measuring roughly 0.05 square kilometers. Drone photos: Shaked Palgi

Out of the Lab and into Nature: Going to the Ends of the Earth to Better Understand the Brain

16.10.2025

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Weizmann Institute scientists traveled all the way to a desert island off the coast of East Africa to record – for the very first time – the brain...

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Avoiding Loss: A Neural Key to Anxiety and PTSD

30.09.2025

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists and Ichilov physicians used intracranial electrodes to reveal how the brain amplifies the risk of loss – and how this...

The developing brain of a two-week-old mouse pup under the microscope. The oxytocin system appears in green, the light-sensitive protein in red and cells that carry both show up in yellow. Cell nuclei are in blue

Shining a Light on the Developing Brain: How Parental Separation Shapes Us

17.09.2025

Brain & Behavior, Genetics

A new Weizmann Institute technology uncovers a neural mechanism that governs infant-parent bonding – and may help explain emotional differences...

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Blocking Brain-Liver Communication May Prevent Deadly Weight Loss in Cancer

07.08.2025

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The study highlights the crucial role of brain–body crosstalk in health and disease

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain in three children with a missing copy of the Chaserr gene. The scans performed at age 8 months or 4 years (top row) reveal structural changes in the brain, including reduced volume of the brain stem (asterisks) and decreased myelin coating of nerves (arrows) in deep-seated brain areas. These changes are less apparent at 1 month of age (bottom row)

Emma’s Gene

24.07.2025

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Scientists discover a rare disorder caused by a missing genetic brake

Top: Overexpression of genes from the B2-SINE family in retinal ganglion neurons led to accelerated growth after injury. Bottom: Ganglion cells after injury without B2-SINE overexpression

Nerve Cells Learn to Grow

07.07.2025

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered hundreds of molecules that promote nerve regeneration in mice – and may even encourage growth in brain...

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Whisker Whisperers

15.05.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior

Research reveals how mouse whiskers can “hear” the world

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They’d Rather Die: The Lesson That Male Roundworms Refuse to Learn

20.03.2025

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Researchers found that male worms do not learn from experience as well as females do – and discovered the neural receptor responsible, which also...

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

23.12.2024

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Cooperation worked better for ants than for humans in a Weizmann Institute experiment

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Peeling Back the Layers of Brain Tumors

29.08.2024

Brain & Behavior, Cancer

Weizmann scientists have mapped common types of brain tumors at unprecedented resolution – and identified a possible reason why some patients fail to...

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