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The Egyptian fruit bat

Right Off the Bat: Navigation in Extra-Large Spaces

27.05.2021
Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior
Bats navigating in an innovative extra-large experimental setup reveal an unknown neuronal code 
Avocado - a fruit abundant with beta-sitosterol. Photo credit: Shutterstock

A Natural Food Supplement May Relieve Anxiety

18.05.2021
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Mice receiving the plant-derived substance were less anxious than the controls
A mosquito on a notebook. Photo by Dr. Jonas Wietek

Brain Research Gets a Boost from Mosquitos

11.05.2021
Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior
New versions of light-sensitive proteins could illuminate the dark corners of our brain’s communication pathways 
Electron microscopy images representing different views of the MC4 receptor bound to setmelanotide, in complex with proteins activated by the binding

The Hunger Games: Uncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the Brain

15.04.2021
Structural Biology, Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A 3D structure reveals how a unique molecular switch in our brain causes us to feel full – and may help develop improved anti-obesity drugs 
Inhibitory mouse neurons – viewed under a microscope

An Essential Balancing Act: Neurons Adapt to Stay Steady

13.04.2021
Brain & Behavior
A study of lab-grown neurons reveals a new regulatory mechanism for keeping the On-Off switches in our brain in balance
Chen lab mouse adrenals exhibit stress

Stress on Every Cell: Mapping the Stress Axis in Detail

27.01.2021
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Brain & Behavior
Uncovering the activities of the organs, tissues and cells responsible for the body’s stress response as they’ve never before been seen revealed new...
Helping the Brain’s Immune Cells Regain the Ground State

Helping the Brain’s Immune Cells Regain the Ground State

11.01.2021
Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
An anti-inflammatory agent keeps microglia responses short and to the point 
A Brain Mechanism underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

A Brain Mechanism underlying “Vision” in the Blind is Revealed

07.01.2021
Brain & Behavior
Researchers observed slow spontaneous fluctuations in the brain’s visual centers that preceded visual hallucinations in blind people
Chaperones Do the Two-Step

Chaperones Do the Two-Step

03.12.2020
Structural Biology, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Understanding how certain proteins work as a team could shed new light on the way cells defend themselves against neurodegenerative disease
The nervous system of the worm

When Male and Female Brain Connections Break Down Differently

23.11.2020
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders tend to strike one sex more than the other; and for...

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