Brain & Behavior

A developing eye of the fruit fly (left) is connected by the optic stalk to the optic lobe in the fly’s brain

Take the Axon Train

14.03.2011

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Institute scientists discover an entirely new form of transportation inside nerve cells

Prof. Vivian Teichberg. New support for the approach

GOT to Prevent Brain Damage

14.03.2011

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Two recent studies could point the way toward a new treatment for stroke, head trauma and brain injury.

Hope for Stroke Victims

Hope for Stroke Victims

08.02.2011

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Two new studies from Spain provide conclusive evidence that an approach developed at the Weizmann Institute could speed recovery from stroke and...

Turning off Stress

Turning off Stress

08.02.2011

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal the actions of a family of proteins that "turn off" the stress response. Their findings could be relevant to...

Weizmann Institute scientists discover: A Chemical Signal in Human Tears

Weizmann Institute scientists discover: A Chemical Signal in Human Tears

06.01.2011

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann scientists found that merely sniffing a woman’s tears – even when the crying woman is not present – reduces sexual arousal in men

Prof. Michal Schwartz

Developing New Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury

12.09.2010

Brain & Behavior, Benefiting Humanity

New therapies for spinal cord injury based on original concepts proposed by Prof. Michal Schwartz are being developed and tested in clinical...

Prof. Anthony (Tony) Futerman

A Fatal Excess

02.09.2010

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

The accumulation of too many lipids in a cell leads to a number of hereditary diseases that in particular afflict Ashkenazic Jews: Tay-Sachs, Gaucher...

Fluorescent microscope photo of mouse cortical nerve cells (neurons) in culture infected with lentiviruses that express green fluorescent protein. From the lab of Dr. Alon Chen

How Does the Brain Take Shape?

30.08.2010

Brain & Behavior, Genetics

What genetic and neural mechanisms give rise to our personality? Which fine tune our sexual behavior? What code programs a mother’s love or our...

New Invention at the Weizmann Institute Enables Severely Disabled People to Communicate and Steer a Wheelchair by Sniffing

New Invention at the Weizmann Institute Enables Severely Disabled People to Communicate and Steer a Wheelchair by Sniffing

27.07.2010

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A unique device based on sniffing – inhaling and exhaling through the nose – might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or...

Brave Brains: Neural Mechanisms of Courage

Brave Brains: Neural Mechanisms of Courage

24.06.2010

Brain & Behavior

A fascinating new study combines snakes with brain imaging in order to uncover neural mechanisms associated with ‘courage’. (Press release by the...

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