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- Brain Circuit Tweak Wins Her Affection (if she’s a vole)
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• Science Update
For the first time, neuroscientists have boosted a female rodent’s partnering with a male by stimulating connectivity of a brain reward circuit. Understanding the circuitry of such affiliative behaviors may lead to improved treatments for social impairment in severe mental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder.
- Brain “Relay” Also Key to Holding Thoughts in Mind
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• Press Release
Long overlooked as a mere “relay,” an egg-like structure in the middle of the brain also turns out to play a pivotal role in tuning-up thinking circuity. A trio of studies in mice are revealing that the thalamus sustains the ability to distinguish categories and hold thoughts in mind. It might even become a target for interventions for psychiatric disorders marked by working memory problems, such as schizophrenia.
- Human Forebrain Circuits Under Construction – in a Dish
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• Press Release
Neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human brain’s budding executive hub assembling itself during a critical period in prenatal development.
- Human Forebrain Circuits Wiring-up - in a Dish
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Neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human brain’s budding executive hub assembling itself during a critical period in prenatal development.
- Sleep May Trim Neural Connections to Restore Learning Ability
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• Science Update
Sleep may be the price we pay for the ability to learn. It streamlines neural connections for optimal efficiency.
- Revealed: LSD Docked in its Human Brain Target
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• Science Update
Scientists have discovered the molecular structure of LSD in its human brain receptor.
- NIMH Training Grant Recipient Wins Research Prize
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• Science Update
NIMH training grant recipient Neir Eshel was named the 2016 Grand Prize winner of the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for research related to the cellular basis of learning.
- Powered-Up Probe ID’s Schizophrenia Genes That Stunt Brain Development
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• Science Update
Scientists have pinpointed several schizophrenia-related gene variants that alter expression of other genes in illness-implicated circuitry of the human brain.
- Circuitry for Fearful Feelings, Behavior Untangled in Anxiety Disorders
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• Science Update
Untangling the brain circuitry of fearful feelings from that underlying defensive behaviors is key to improving treatments for anxiety disorders, argue two leading experts.
- Designer Agent Blocks Pain in Mice Without Morphine’s Side Effects
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• Science Update
Scientists have synthesized a molecule with a unique profile of highly specific pain-relieving properties and demonstrated its efficacy in mice.
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