Brain & Behavior

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.

olfactory bulbs

An Exception to the Rule: An Intact Sense of Smell without a Crucial Olfactory Brain Structure

06.11.2019

Brain & Behavior

A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs

mice

For the First Time: A Method for Measuring Animal Personality

04.11.2019

Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Genetics

A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality

How similar are these two faces?

Converging Solutions: Artificial Networks Shed Light on Human Face Recognition

30.10.2019

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Irit Sagi

The Azrieli Foundation Funds Fragile X Research at the Institute

06.10.2019

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

Institute scientists have developed a potential drug that attenuates autism-like behaviors in disease models

fish in a video game

When Fish “Play,” Dr. Takashi Kawashima Sees How Neurons Work

02.10.2019

Brain & Behavior

A unique fish meets a unique research method to reveal a deep-brain system

brain wave illustration

Firework Memories

15.08.2019

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists have uncovered a neuronal mechanism central to human free recall

calcium spikes in spines

The Spines that Prick Memories

04.07.2019

Brain & Behavior

Healthy nerve cell communication depends on calcium ions. A new study reveals how the ions get to the right place at the right time.

piano notes

Charts in the Keys of Life

03.06.2019

Math & Computer Science, Brain & Behavior

Computerized analysis of playing styles could assist music therapists

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Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

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The Master Switch Turning Immune Cells into Cancer Eradicators

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash