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They’d Rather Die: The Lesson That Male Roundworms Refuse to Learn

20.03.2025

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Researchers found that male worms do not learn from experience as well as females do – and discovered the neural receptor responsible, which also...

Down to the Synapse: Connecting Brain Circuits to Behavior

Down to the Synapse: Connecting Brain Circuits to Behavior

15.11.2022

Brain & Behavior

By flipping a single synaptic connection in a neural circuit, the researchers caused male worms to behave like females in response to a...

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...

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A Decade of Advancing Women in Science

22.11.2017

Ten years on, an innovative postdoc program for women is proving its worth

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain in three children with a missing copy of the Chaserr gene. The scans performed at age 8 months or 4 years (top row) reveal structural changes in the brain, including reduced volume of the brain stem (asterisks) and decreased myelin coating of nerves (arrows) in deep-seated brain areas. These changes are less apparent at 1 month of age (bottom row)

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Computers can solve complex problems but they are far from omnipotent. Prof. Ran Raz of the Weizmann Institute's Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department is trying to portray the limits...