1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (559+ words) When monkeys draw complex shapes, their neural activity reflects patterns of activation elicited by drawing simpler, component shapes. Many animals can solve novel problems, often in a single go. For humans, that could be writing the first line of a…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (436+ words) As director of grants management at the Cure Alzheimer's Fund, Kaela Singleton bets on bold science and shares in the joy of discovery. The Transmitter: What does a day in your work life look like? TT: What do you love…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (660+ words) The motor cortex is organized into an "intermixed jumble of tiles" to generate meaningful movement. The motor cortex is "a blurry map of the body," says Michael Graziano, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Princeton University, who was not involved…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (724+ words) The editor resigned after the journal's artificial-intelligence system overrode his selection of referees for a manuscript. His move prompted an internal review of the system. An associate editor of Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience has resigned in protest of the publisher's…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (217+ words) A 1987 Cell paper showed that a single transcription factor could turn fibroblasts into muscle cells. The work inspired Ardem Patapoutian to think about the molecular codes that define neuronal subtypes. Answers have been edited for length and clarity. What paper…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (275+ words) The Transmitter Leucovorin saga, and more Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 15 June. Folate fuss: Internet searches and prescriptions for leucovorin have risen significantly since a White House announcement…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (189+ words) Agentic coding makes it possible to specify a neuroscience model in hours instead of months. Six neuroscientists weigh in on what that tectonic change may bring to the field. How is this reshaping the landscape of theoretical and computational neuroscience?...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (415+ words) Large language models are now routinely used to search, summarize and synthesize the literature at scales impossible for any individual researcher'yet scientific publishing has not adapted to that reality. A lot has been said about the pros and cons of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (615+ words) The findings add to a small but growing body of research on neurological changes linked to pregnancy, birth and parenting. Motherhood creates a broad swath of long-term gene-expression changes in the brains of mice, according to a new study. This…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (258+ words) Ardem Patapoutian The Transmitter Professor of neuroscience and Presidential Endowed Chair in Neurobiology Ardem Patapoutian is professor of neuroscience and Presidential Endowed Chair in Neurobiology at Scripps Research. He is a molecular biologist specializing in sensory transduction, and his research…...