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neurobiology

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·October 28, 2026·7 min read

Brain Scans Fail to Predict How Well Individuals Regulate Emotions

A 2,175-person study led by CIMH reveals prefrontal cortex activation does not reflect how well an individual regulates emotions via cognitive reappraisal.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 26, 2026·6 min read

Amyloid Fibrils Protect the Father’s Genetic Message

Amyloid proteins are infamous for driving Alzheimer's disease, but neuroscientists discovered they play a vital role in reproduction. In semen, amyloid fibrils act as natural escorts that bind, protect, and deliver epigenetic RNA directly into sperm cells.

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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·October 12, 2026·5 min read

Early Blindness Tunes Pitch Perception

Early blindness enhances pitch discrimination not by improving the ears, but by reducing "internal noise" in the brain, similar to musical training.

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Featured Neuroscience

·October 7, 2026·6 min read

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

A new study reveals a "split attractor network" in fruit flies that explains how neural circuits stabilize short-term working memories.

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Featured Neuroscience

·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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Featured Neuroscience

·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."

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·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.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·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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Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·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."

Featured Neuroscience

·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."

Featured Neuroscience

·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."

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·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.