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Training in adolescence can offset cognitive deficits in adulthood in a proposed rat model of schizophrenia, reports a study inContinue Reading
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Training in adolescence can offset cognitive deficits in adulthood in a proposed rat model of schizophrenia, reports a study inContinue Reading
Strong interpersonal relationships can help ward off addiction, and monogamous prairie voles offer clues as to why. Read this articleContinue Reading
A recent report in Nature links hyperactive synapses in the lateral habenula to learned helplessness in rats — a modelContinue Reading
According to a report in Nature, researchers have precisely identified and controlled neurons that mediate aggression in mice, even though theContinue Reading
A diet deficient in omega-3 fatty acids interferes with normal brain function, according to a report in Nature Neuroscience. MiceContinue Reading
Though queen and worker honeybees are genetically identical, they lead starkly different lives. A report in PLoS Biology finds thatContinue Reading
Removing a subset of NMDA receptors in mice early in development can disrupt neural circuits and behavior in ways thatContinue Reading
Like the neighbors I rarely see until July, bats are making their appearances during the drawn-out summer evenings here inContinue Reading
Noisy, plain, sulking on telephone lines, or loitering around trash cans, crows are unremarkable at best, and nuisances at worst.Continue Reading