Editor's Choice in Neuroscience
August 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2011 issue of The Scientist.
Unlike human brains, chimpanzee brains don’t get smaller as they age, suggesting that pronounced neurological decline is a uniquely human byproduct of our oversized brains and extreme longevity.
For the first time, WHO warns against the use of a diagnostic method.
Eleanor Simpson, a neuroscientist at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses a recent Nature paper that probes dopamine's role in helping animals make positive associations to stimuli that herald pleasurable outcomes (such as the handing out of food).
The neural nexus of the circadian clock shows signs of functional decline as mice age, providing clues as to why sleep patterns tend to change as people grow older.
New data suggests that skin rashes are associated with lower risk of developing certain cancers.
Researchers find that an ingredient in common cough medicine improves multiple sclerosis symptoms in animal models.
Gene expression analysis allows researchers to predict which patients will respond to flu vaccines and possibly expedite vaccine development.