Brain & Behavior

Bat Brains Forgo Rhythm when Encoding Space

Bat Brains Forgo Rhythm when Encoding Space

14.10.2018

Brain & Behavior

The finding reveals a new mechanism for orchestrating neuronal activity

mouse fetus and placenta

Please Ignore This Message: The Link between Pregnancy and Anorexia

16.05.2018

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development, Fertility

Researchers discover the molecule that “programs” a tendency to develop an eating disorder

mTOR protein (magenta) in the sciatic nerve after injury

“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

16.04.2018

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

Hidden from view, a central repair protein is made on the spot

Lighting up the reward center: Light-sensitive proteins are inserted into specific brain cells. Blue: dopamine-producing cells in the reward system in the ventral tegmental area. Red: cells carrying the inserted protein in a mouse brain. Yellow: Overlap between cells that are carrying the optogenetic protein and those that are dopamine-producing. Image obtained by confocal microscope in the lab of Prof. Tali Kimchi

When Mickey Met Minnie: A Neural Reward Circuit Determines Sexual Preference in Mice

05.03.2018

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

Blocking dopamine receptors in male mouse brains dampened their preference for females

organoid with folds

“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

19.02.2018

Lasers & Optics, Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development

Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step

Bats use social maps

Mapping the Social Landscape

11.01.2018

Brain & Behavior

A new study on bats reveals the cells that link our social connections to our internal spatial maps

the smell of fear: skydivers

Autism and the Smell of Fear

27.11.2017

Brain & Behavior

Odors that carry social cues seem to affect volunteers on the autism spectrum differently

faces and firing neurons

Freedom and Order in Our Inner World

16.11.2017

Brain & Behavior

How does the brain impose boundaries on free recollection?

probability maps infotaxis and sociotaxis

Go Your Own Way: The Group Depends on It

19.10.2017

Brain & Behavior, Math & Computer Science, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new model of collective behavior reveals how individuals contribute most efficiently

Harel, Oram, Sherman and Ahissar

Paying Attention to Reflexes

10.07.2017

Brain & Behavior, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

How does attention direct the subconscious actions of our sensory organs?

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