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How to use race and ethnicity data responsibly in neuroscience research May 16, 2024

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Follow these four tips to avoid using the information in problematic ways, including as a proxy for environmental variables.

NIH seeks input on how structural racism affects brain research, health May 13, 2024

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The feedback could lead to "novel ways" to conduct studies and reduce health disparities, a National Institutes of Health employee says.

New look at lampreys rewrites textbooks on origins of sympathetic nervous system May 06, 2024

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Sympathetic neurons pepper the embryos of the jawless fish-Earth's first vertebrates-and overturn the idea that "fight or flight" was an innovation of jawed vertebrates.

FDA describes 'objectionable conditions' at New York State Psychiatric Institute Apr 18, 2024

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The facility's institutional review board failed to report a 2021 incident and "serious and ongoing noncompliance" by a principal investigator, according to a letter released by the federal agency this week.

Breaking down the winner's curse: Lessons from brain-wide association studies Apr 15, 2024

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We found an issue with a specific type of brain imaging study and tried to share it with the field. Then the backlash began.

Wild and free: Understanding animal behavior beyond the lab Apr 11, 2024

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Technological advancements have made it possible to study animals in more natural settings, but researchers are debating what that really means and whether natural is always better.

Knowledge gaps in cephalopod care could stall welfare standards Apr 08, 2024

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The U.S. National Institutes of Health wants to regulate research involving cephalopods. But there aren't enough rigorous studies to base the regulations on, veteran cephalopod researchers say.

Nobel Prize winner Thomas Südhof retracts study Apr 04, 2024

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The retraction follows an editorial expression of concern that the journal applied to the paper in October, seven months after it was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Newly found hypothalamus circuits shape bullying behaviors in mice Apr 01, 2024

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Activity in the tiny brain region helps submissive rodents learn to avoid aggressors, and aggressive mice to curb their attacks, according to two recent studies.

Autism subgroups converge on cell growth pathway Dec 05, 2022

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Faulty mTOR signaling, implicated in syndromic forms of autism, also hinders cells grown from people with idiopathic autism or autism-linked deletions on chromosome 16.

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