Brain & Behavior

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?

(Bottom row, l-r) Prof. Ido Amit, Prof. Michal Schwartz and Dr. Hadas Keren-Shaul. (Top row, l-r) Dr. Assaf Weiner, Orit Matcovitch-Natan and Amit Spinrad

Over the DAM: Cells that Rejuvenate the Brain

08.06.2017

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

A newly discovered immune cell type may lead to a future treatment for Alzheimer's disease

Humans are exposed to stress at different intensities throughout life

Stressed Out from Birth: Mice Exposed to Prenatal Stress Are Predisposed to Eating Disorders Later in Life

01.06.2017

Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute prevented the onset of eating disorders through dietary intervention

synchronized signals in the cortex

How Are Sensory Brain Cells Synchronized?

25.05.2017

Brain & Behavior

A decades-old debate on the way signals create perception is resolved

neuron migration

Double Duty: Immune Proteins Discovered Aiding Brain Development

10.05.2017

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Evolution and Development

The proteins help embryonic neurons reach their destination

Left: normal nerve cells; right cells genetically engineered to neutralize MTCH2. Fluorescent proteins reveal the calcium uptake in the mitochondria of these cells. The genetically engineered cells reveal dramatically less calcium uptake – evidence of the crucial role this gene plays in mitochondria function

Balancing the Brain’s Calcium

23.04.2017

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Genetics

Understanding how a gene studied in one lab affects the basic element researched in another may reveal what goes wrong in Alzheimer's

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