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Keep sex as a biological variable: Don't let NIH upheaval turn back the clock on scientific rigor Mar 25, 2025

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Even in the absence of any formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our ourselves and our neuroscience colleagues accountable for SABV practices.

Single-neuron recordings are helping to unravel complexities of human cognition Mar 14, 2025

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As this work begins to bear fruit, researchers "are becoming less afraid to ask very difficult questions that you can uniquely ask in people."

U.S. BRAIN Initiative set to lose $81 million this year Mar 11, 2025

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A government spending bill, which was approved today by the House of Representatives and heads next to a Senate vote, allocates 20 percent less funding for the program than last year.

New tools help make neuroimaging accessible to more researchers Mar 05, 2025

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A lack of programming experience can derail experimental aspirations. But custom software packages, web-based applications and video tutorials make functional MRI concepts easier to grasp.

About-faces in U.S. federal science funding put neuroscientists on edge Feb 12, 2025

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"It's hard to know what's real," says neuroscientist Josh Dubnau after a dizzying week in which diversity-related grant applications were pulled from study sections only to be reinstated five days later, among other reversals.

Age-related brain changes in mice strike hypothalamus 'hot spot' Jan 16, 2025

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Neuronal and non-neuronal cells throughout the brain also express genes-particularly those related to neuronal structure and immune function-differently in aged mice, according to a new atlas.

Males and females show different patterns of risk for brain-based conditions. Ignoring these differences does us all a disservice. Dec 18, 2024

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Although studying sex differences in the brain is complex, technically awkward and socioculturally loaded, it is absolutely essential.

Immune cell interlopers breach-and repair-brain barrier in mice Nov 22, 2024

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The choroid plexus, the protective network of blood vessels and epithelial cells that line the brain's ventricles, recruits neutrophils and macrophages during inflammation, a new study shows.

NeuroAI: A field born from the symbiosis between neuroscience, AI Nov 15, 2024

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As the history of this nascent discipline reveals, neuroscience has inspired advances in artificial intelligence, and AI has provided a testing ground for models in neuroscience, accelerating progress in both fields.

Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer's research Oct 25, 2024

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New results suggest the disease progresses differently in women, but we need more basic science to unpack the mechanisms involved.