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Through an open letter that garnered more than 1,000 signatures, scientists have persuaded the European Union’s leading basic science funding body to reverse stricter resubmission rules. What will that mean going forward? #neuroskyence By Lauren Schenkman www.thetransmitter.org/policy/europ...
ERC backtracks on stricter grant resubmission rules
The swift reversal came after more than 1,000 scientists signed an open letter protesting the stricter rules last week.
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More than 1,000 scientists have signed an open letter protesting changes to the European Research Council’s stricter grant application rules. By Lauren Schenkman www.thetransmitter.org/policy/scien...
Scientists push back against stricter European Research Council grant application rules
In an open letter, scientists call the ERC’s suggestion to block grant reapplications for an additional year “at odds with scientific excellence.”…
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More than 3,000 genes are differently expressed in areas of the cerebral cortex of people with XX sex chromosomes versus XY sex chromosomes. #neuroskyence By Lauren Schenkman www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Gene activity in human cortex shows striking sex differences
The results may help explain sex biases in certain neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental conditions.
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Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried. By Lauren Schenkman #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
Nonhuman primate research to lose federal funding at major European facility
The Dutch Senate has ordered the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands to shift its funding away from primate experiments by 2030.
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The first Pan-African neuroscience journal, the African Brain Journal, prepares to launch. By Lauren Schenkman #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/f...
First Pan-African neuroscience journal gets ready to launch
The new journal hopes to give African neuroscience research much-needed international visibility.
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A statistical error known as pseudoreplication appears in more than half of recent mouse studies on neurological disorders, according to a new study. Peter Kind and Constantino Elfetheriou tell Lauren Schenkman why researchers should pay attention. www.thetransmitter.org/pseudoreplic...
Sounding the alarm on pseudoreplication: Q&A with Constantinos Eleftheriou and Peter Kind
Most studies of neurological disorders in mice erroneously treat multiple samples from a single animal as independent replicates, according to a new analysis. But scientists and journals can take…
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An “understudied secret in the brain” dampens the brain’s reward response to nicotine in mice. By Lauren Schenkman #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/addiction/un...
‘Understudied secret’ in brain dampens nicotine drive in mice
The interpeduncular nucleus produces an aversion to nicotine, even at low doses, and helps moderate how rewarding mice find the drug.
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The Brain Research International Data Governance & Exchange (BRIDGE) initiative has neuroscientists on four continents breaking down barriers to sharing brain data. Co-investigator Amadi Ihunwo speaks with Lauren Schenkman about BRIDGE’s work in Africa. www.thetransmitter.org/qa/sharing-a...
Sharing Africa’s brain data: Q&A with Amadi Ihunwo
These data are “virtually mandatory” to advance neuroscience, says Ihunwo, a co-investigator of the BRIDGE initiative.
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Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) aims to speed up the route from basic research to treatments for profound autism. Scientific director Matthew State shared more about the initiative’s goals and upcoming RFAs in a Q&A with @lauschenk.bsky.social. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/exp...
Expediting clinical trials for profound autism: Q&A with Matthew State
Aligning Research to Impact Autism, a new initiative funded by the Sergey Brin Family Foundation, wants to bring basic science discoveries to the clinic faster.
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The cell bodies of astrocytes, not their end-feet, make up the brain’s last line of defense, a new paper in Cell Reports confirms. The findings flip the standard picture of these “stalwart sentinels” of the brain. By Lauren Schenkman www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/u...
The brain’s “stalwart sentinels” express an unexpected gene
The astrocytes that cover the brain and spinal cord and protect it from intruders lack the signature star shape and have a distinct genetic marker.
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