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“All men by nature desire to know” is the first line of Aristotle’s seminal work “Metaphysics.” New findings show that this statement extends across the animal kingdom to mice, too. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/behavior/wou...
Wouldn’t you like to know? A mouse would
Mice seek information for curiosity’s sake—and their desire for knowledge versus a payout is represented distinctly in the brain, new findings suggest.
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Using optogenetics to activate a subset of neurons in the medulla provokes anxious behavior in mice, a study in @cp-neuron.bsky.social shows. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/behavior/bra...
Seth Blackshaw wants to uncover how ground squirrel retinas became so jam-packed with cones, instead of preserving the rod-rich design of other mammalian retinas. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h...
How 13-lined ground squirrels illuminate retina development
In 13-striped ground squirrels, cones surprisingly outnumber rods, which helps Seth Blackshaw explore how retinal cells develop their identities.
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Building a "moonshot infrastructure" to map connections in mammalian brains features among the recommendations from the White House report on U.S. scientific priorities released earlier this week. Neuroscientists weigh in. By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/policy/neuro...
Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomics
A report from the Trump administration calls for a “new golden age” of science, in which the federal government supports mission-driven collaborations to deliver high returns on research investments.
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A new study shows that fructose silences hunger-driving neurons less than glucose does. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/metabolism/f...
Fructose silences hunger-driving neurons less than glucose
Two simple sugars show the complexities of gut-brain communication.
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An obituary looks back on the life of Avis H. Cohen, who bridged the disciplines of neuroscience, math and engineering to decode lamprey locomotion. By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/locomotion/r...
Remembering Avis H. Cohen, who bridged disciplines to decode lamprey locomotion
The founding director of the University of Maryland’s Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program brought neuroscience, math and engineering together.
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