Blue balls in the shape of a brain fit inside a drawing of a male person in profile, and pink balls in the shape of a brain fit inside of a drawing of a female person in profile, representing sex differences in the brain.
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Female and male brains are very similar, but on the level of molecular mechanisms, clear sex differences emerge, revealing paths to develop targeted drugs.

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Hearing Loss May Be the Canary in the Coal Mine for Dementia

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Trippy Hearing Aids: Psychedelics Spur New Synapses in Mouse Ear Cells

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Lighting Up the Neuronal Cytoskeleton

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Engineered Rabies Virus Illuminates Neural Circuitry

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Speeding Up Neuroscience with Stem Cells 

<em >The Scientist</em>&rsquo;s Journal Club: Neuroscience and Cell Biology

The Scientist’s Journal Club: Neuroscience and Cell Biology

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2023 Brain Prize Awarded for Research on Synaptic Plasticity

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Silent Synapses May Provide Plasticity in Adulthood

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Chantell Evans Tracks Mitochondrial Cleanup in Neurons

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The Ear as a Therapeutic Gateway to the Vagus Nerve

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Universe 25 Experiment

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T Cell Nomenclature Gets an Update

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Freeze-Tolerant Frogs Power Organ Cryopreservation Strategies

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January 2026, Issue 1

What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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An Automated DNA-to-Data Framework for Production-Scale Sequencing

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Exploring Cellular Organization with Spatial Proteomics

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Organoid Origins and How to Grow Them

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