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“Zap-and-freeze” high-resolution imaging visualizes synapses in action and may lead to a better understanding of conditions like sporadic Parkinson’s disease.

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Inositol in Human Breast Milk Improves Brain Connectivity

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On-Again, Off-Again Connections Advance Eye Regeneration

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Short-lived Molecules Support Long-term Memory 

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2023 Brain Prize Awarded for Research on Synaptic Plasticity

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SNO-y Protein Levels Help Explain Why More Women Develop Alzheimer’s

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Silent Synapses May Provide Plasticity in Adulthood

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Famed Neuroscientist Charles Stevens Dies at 88

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Researchers Transplant Human Neurons into Rat Brains

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How Fear Restructures the Mouse Brain

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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