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tag artificial selection culture neuroscience
A Journey Into the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Mar 22, 2024
| 10+ min read
With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 10+ min read
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.
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When Brains Dream
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 8 min read
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
Short-lived Molecules Support Long-term Memory
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
| Jun 6, 2023
| 3 min read
A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.
Opinion: The Biological Function of Dreams
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 3 min read
The scenarios that run through our sleeping brains may help us explore possible solutions to concerns from our waking lives.
Mutations in Autism-Linked Gene Cause Membrane Mischief
Holly Barker, PhD,
Spectrum
| Jan 26, 2023
| 4 min read
Inactivating TAOK1 prompts tentacle-like protrusions to form all over a neuron’s surface, revealing the gene’s role in molding the membrane.
Speaking of Food Science
The Scientist
| Jun 1, 2014
| 2 min read
June 2014's selection of notable quotes
Summer Science, British Style
Jef Akst and Richard P. Grant
| Jul 8, 2011
| 7 min read
The Royal Society's annual science extravaganza packs some interesting stuff into 5 days of love and research.
Monkeys “Read” Writing
Megan Scudellari
| Apr 12, 2012
| 3 min read
Baboons are able to distinguish printed English words from nonsense sequences of letters—the first step in the reading process.
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