Brain & Behavior

pregnant belly with mask on

Not Just Infection: Pregnant Women’s Immune Response to a Virus May Affect Fetal Brain Cells

30.07.2020

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms

In a study in mice, the mother’s natural anti-viral proteins disrupted the development of neural circuits in the fetus

Abstract image of two mice

What Does the “Love Hormone” Do? It’s Complicated

15.06.2020

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendliness

Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell), Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting is part of a series of Five Senses that Rembrandt painted in Leiden around 1625, when he was 19. It was discovered in 2015 in an art collection belonging to a family from New Jersey

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop "Sniff Test" that Predicts Recovery of Consciousness in Brain-Injured Patients

29.04.2020

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

SmellTracker

Self-Monitoring Sense of Smell May Help Detect Coronavirus

02.04.2020

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have developed an online platform to help detect early signs of COVID-19

Emotional Rehearsal

Emotional Rehearsal

03.03.2020

Brain & Behavior

As neuron triplets fire, they "go over" certain lessons

neurons in mouse brains

How Do Viral Infections in Pregnancy Affect the Embryos' Brain?

24.02.2020

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

A study in mice suggests how an acute inflammatory immune response in pregnancy may be tied to autism spectrum disorders

Tal Tamir and Dr. Dana Rubi Levy

The Social Life of a Neuron

13.02.2020

Brain & Behavior

How are social cues encoded in our brains – and in the brains of those on the autistic spectrum?

Laboratory analysis of a mouse brain shows the enzyme ASL (purple) prominently expressed in the locus coeruleus in the brainstem

Rare Metabolic Disorder Sheds Light on Brain Chemistry

30.01.2020

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Deficiency of a common substance could be linked to cognitive and behavioral problems

Igor Ulitsky

Chasing a Link

09.01.2020

Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A non-coding gene’s neighbors reveal what it does for a “living.” The findings may pave the way to developing therapies for epilepsy and autism

neurons

Neurobiology News

12.11.2019

Brain & Behavior

Three papers by Weizmann Institute of Science neuroscientists are slated to appear in the December issue of Nature Neuroscience.

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