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Born Ready for Pressure
18.01.2023
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Stress-resilient fish are born that way; their immune system reveals why

Settled at Birth: Blood Vessels Remember Their Origins
Settled at Birth: Blood Vessels Remember Their Origins
25.05.2022
Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Blood vessels originating from lymphatic vessels were found to be tailored to specific functions

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The Social Sense
28.12.2021
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

Oxytocin in a developing fish brain determines later social behavior  

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

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Getting to the Genetic Basis of Social Behavior and Anxiety
21.02.2017
Brain & Behavior, Genetics

Fish with two genes for a crucial protein are helping researchers understand its function in neurodevelopmental disorders

Microscope image of embryonic zebrafish blood vessels
The Fat-Blood Connection
11.12.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology

A newly discovered protein ties cholesterol to blood vessel formation

Three-dimensional structure of the neurohypophysis in a zebrafish embryo (the nerve fibers and blood vessels are genetically tagged with fluorescent proteins). This brain area provides an interface between nerve cells (green), arteries (purple) and veins (red)
Close Encounters of the Brain and Blood
04.01.2012
Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Immunology, Evolution and Development
A surprising new function is discovered for the “hormone of love.”
Three-dimensional structure of the neurohypophysis in a zebrafish embryo (the nerve fibers and blood vessels are genetically tagged with fluorescent proteins). This brain area provides an interface between nerve cells (green), arteries (purple) and veins (red)
A Hormone Ensures its Future
02.11.2011
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Scientists reveal the structure of a brain area where hormones that regulate vital body processes pass into the blood. 

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Dr. Karina Yaniv. New growth
Fat Chance for Health
07.03.2011
Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Dr. Karina Yaniv is overturning accepted theories on blood and lymph vessel formation.

(l-r) Profs. Stephen Weiner and Lia Addadi and Julia Mahamid. Like shell, like bone
Turning to Bone
01.05.2009
Biochemistry, Structural Biology
Scientists reveal a fleeting stage of bone formation

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