genetics & genomics, neuroscience

Researchers describe how gene expression in different human brain regions is altered with age.

By combining whole-exome sequencing data with longitudinal electronic health record information for 50,000 individuals, researchers have identified novel disease associations.

How researchers are taking advantage of Twitter and other forums to do, share, and discuss research

Allen Roses, a professor of neurobiology at Duke University School of Medicine, has passed away at age 73.

Environmental magnetite in the human brain; prion structure takes shape; watching E. coli evolve in real time; learning from others’ behavior 

As researchers sequence the DNA of thousands of kids with autism, dozens of genetic subgroups are emerging.

Researchers identify a new ALS-associated gene thanks to funds generated by the social media challenge that went viral in summer 2014.

Genetic evidence suggests that overactive synaptic pruning drives development of schizophrenia.

As the rhythmic expression of many genes falls out of sync in older human brains, a subset of transcripts gain rhythmicity with age.

A single nucleotide polymorphism in BDNF is tied with lower levels of the protein and higher body-mass index.

Using chemogenetic tools to spur the brain into action

The long-sought genetic link between handedness and language lateralization patterns in the brain is turning out to be illusory.

Stoned, Anxious, The Deeper Genome, and Testosterone

Researchers link disease-associated mutations to excitatory and inhibitory signaling in the brain.

Reconstructing the past using ancient DNA

Researchers use chemicals to manipulate the behavior of mice.

The Genealogy of a Gene, On the Move, The Chimp and the River, and Domesticated

How one of the rarest neurodegenerative diseases could lend insight into ubiquitous neuroprotective processes

The cholesterol-lowering drugs could be used to treat people with two types of dwarfism, a study suggests.

A study that identified genes linked to communication between different areas of the brain has been retracted by its authors because of statistical flaws.