Sequencing the DNA of individual neurons is a way to dissect the genes underlying major neurological and psychological disorders.
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A UK parliamentary panel says peer review is still valuable, but should be supplemented by open review processes, preprint servers, and online repositories.
FDA points its finger at an early-stage contract research organization for falsifying documents and manipulating samples.
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.
Marc Hauser resigns after findings of scientific misconduct continue to restrict his teaching and research duties.
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).
A University of Pennsylvania researcher claims his colleagues put their names on a Big Pharma-financed study of the anti-depressant Paxil, sight unseen.
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