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How do animals bounce back from sleep deprivation? Scientists found a subset of neurons in the mouse thalamus that repay this “sleep debt.”

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Crafting Mindscapes of the Brain

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A Novel Panic Pathway in the Brain

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Mapping the Neural Circuit of Social Avoidance

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Promoting Parenting Practices

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On-Again, Off-Again Connections Advance Eye Regeneration

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Study Traces a Neural Circuit Behind Green Light–Mediated Pain Relief

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How Neurons in a Dish Learned to Play “Pong”

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Infographic: The Cerebellum’s Many Roles Beyond Motor Control

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The Cerebellum’s Functions in Cognition, Emotion, and More

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Brain Circuitry for Fear and Anxiety Is the Same on fMRI

Daniel Colón-Ramos Reveals the Mysteries of Worms’ Memories

What Do New Neurons in the Brains of Adults Actually Do?

Johannes Kohl Untangles the Neural Circuitry Behind Instinct

The Cerebellum’s Secrets: A Profile of Kamran Khodakhah

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Biologists Create New Maps of Caenorhabditis elegans Neurons

Cannabinoid Exposure During Adolescence Disrupts Neural Regulation

Infographic: What Makes a Brain Smart?

Nerve Stimulation Gives Paralyzed People Ability to Walk

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Universe 25 Experiment

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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Chemical Staples Keep Collagen from Falling Apart

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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