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October 2021

Number Sense

Researchers debate how animals perceive quantities

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Is Your Brain Wired for Numbers?

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Yeast Models Provide New Insights into Neurodegenerative Diseases

Infographics

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Infographic: Single-Cell Recordings Identify “Number Neurons”

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Infographic: Modeling Neurodegenerative Diseases with Yeast

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Numerosity Around the Animal Kingdom

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Infographic: The Neural Pathway of Sneezing

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The Link Between Wandering and Sleeping Minds

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Experiment Gone Awry Suggests Novel Way to Combat Hypoxia

Bio Business

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Microglia as Therapeutic Targets in Neurodegenerative Diseases

The Literature

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Bless You: Mouse Model Reveals Molecular Pathway Behind Sneezing

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Human “Time Cells” Encode, Process Flow of Time

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Neurons Simplify Visual Signals by Responding to Only One Retina

Scientist to Watch

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Bianca Jones Marlin Traces How Sensory Inputs Shape the Brain

Foundations

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Falling Water, Rising Rocks, 1834

Critic at Large

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Opinion: Neuroscientists Need to Think about Sex (Bias)

Reading Frames

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Opinion: Plastic Pollution May Endanger Brains

Editorial

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Our Aching Brains

Speaking of Science

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Ten Minute Sabbatical

Contributors

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Contributors

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