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This shows a woman playing chess, a brain and a light switch.

·October 5, 2026·7 min read

Optogenetics Pioneers Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to neuroscientists Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, and Karl Deisseroth for inventing optogenetics.

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·October 1, 2026·5 min read

How the Biological Clock Tells the Brain It’s Time to Wake Up

Scientists identify a neural circuit linking the biological clock to dopaminergic neurons and the mushroom body to control wakefulness.

This shows a head and a brain. Caption reads "Past Adversity Rewires the Brain’s Threat Alarm."

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·October 1, 2026·7 min read

Why Past Trauma Amplifies Future Stress

A new study discovers a brain circuit in the anterior hypothalamus acting as a "volume knob" that dials up future stress reactivity after trauma.

This shows a brain and people playing instruments.

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·October 1, 2026·6 min read

Making Music May Rewire the Addicted Brain

Music therapy alters brain activity and calms drug and alcohol cravings by modulating frontal beta and alpha EEG waves.

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·September 30, 2026·5 min read

Brain Cells Measure Axons to Build the Perfect Myelin Sheath

Piezo1 acts as a molecular sensor helping oligodendrocytes measure axon size to set myelin sheath length.

This shows a bullfrog. Caption reads "Bullfrogs Have a Hidden Metabolic "Backup Generator" in Their Brains."

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·September 28, 2026·5 min read

Bullfrog Brains Produce Their Own Emergency Fuel When Glucose Runs Out

Biologists discover bullfrog brains synthesize their own emergency ketones when glucose runs out, upending rules of neural energy metabolism.

This shows a brain. Caption reads "Study Overturns a 30-Year Dogma in Theoretical Neuroscience."

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·September 25, 2026·5 min read

Shared Neural Noise Does Not Cap Brain Information

Researchers overturn a 30-year neuroscience belief, showing shared neural noise does not cap the brain's sensory information capacity.

This shows the outline of a head. Caption reads "Decoding the Neural Machinery Behind Collective Escape."

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·September 23, 2026·5 min read

Ancient Midbrain Circuit Decodes Social Escape Cues

Scientists discover an ancient midbrain circuit in transparent glassfish that detects escaping or vanishing peers to coordinate collective defense.

This shows a diagram of the mouse motor cortex.

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·September 23, 2026·5 min read

Scientists Redraw the Motor Cortex Map Into 16 Functional Subregions

Scientists map the mouse motor cortex into 16 distinct subregions, revealing a precision blueprint to investigate motor control, ALS, and FTD.

This shows the outline of a head and a dark bedroom with a light on. Caption reads :Nighttime Illumination Impacts Sleep in Schizophrenia.

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·September 19, 2026·6 min read

Nighttime Light Exposure Linked to Sleep Loss in Schizophrenia

Study finds nighttime bedroom light is linked to 55 minutes less sleep and poor sleep efficiency in schizophrenia outpatients.

This shows a brain surrounded by food, with the caption "The Neuroscience Behind Pregnancy Food Cravings".

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·September 18, 2026·5 min read

Brain Circuit Behind Pregnancy Food Cravings Discovered

Scientists discover a serotonin-reward circuit modulated by the SK3 potassium channel that drives intense food cravings during pregnancy.

3D scientific visualization of a developing neuron cell body with an illuminated nucleus extending an axon through a spinal pathway waypoint.

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·September 15, 2026·4 min read

Central Genetic Switch Controls Long-Distance Axon Navigation

Neuroscientists discover that genetic switches inside neuron cell bodies direct axon pathfinding, opening new paths for spinal injury repair.

neurobiology

Optogenetics Pioneers Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

How the Biological Clock Tells the Brain It’s Time to Wake Up

Why Past Trauma Amplifies Future Stress

Making Music May Rewire the Addicted Brain

Brain Cells Measure Axons to Build the Perfect Myelin Sheath

Bullfrog Brains Produce Their Own Emergency Fuel When Glucose Runs Out

Shared Neural Noise Does Not Cap Brain Information

Scientists Redraw the Motor Cortex Map Into 16 Functional Subregions

Nighttime Light Exposure Linked to Sleep Loss in Schizophrenia

Brain Circuit Behind Pregnancy Food Cravings Discovered

Central Genetic Switch Controls Long-Distance Axon Navigation

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

Can We Predict Hearing Loss Long Before Symptoms Ever Start?

How Dark Traits Reshape Speech

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

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