Editor's Pick

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By SfN Staff
April 18, 2024

New genetic mouse model sheds light on the relationship between genetic predisposition and environmental triggers for OCD-like behaviors and paves the way for novel treatment strategies.

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By SfN Staff
March 28, 2024

Prelimbic and infralimbic cortices balance their activity to regulate safety learning during a novel behavioral task that uses ethologically-relevant stimuli.

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By SfN Staff
February 22, 2024

Researchers find that synaptotagmin-7 plays an important role in dopamine release during phasic bursts of firing.

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By SfN Staff
January 18, 2024

Microsaccades, or small involuntary eye movements, provide information about object location during memory rehearsal.

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By SfN Staff
November 2, 2023

In this study, authors find an important new locus of compensatory synaptic strength changes in the early developing chick autonomic nervous system.

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By SfN Staff
October 5, 2023

This paper investigates spatial and temporal patterns of key enzymes involved in purine synthesis.

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By SfN Staff
May 18, 2023

This study reveals consequences of SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency in hippocampal GABAergic interneurons.

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By SfN Staff
April 13, 2023

The authors explain how splicing variation (3R vs. 4R) and cytoplasmic tethering (by 14-3-3) blunt the pathogenicity of phosphorylated tau during normal brain development.

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By SfN Staff
October 6, 2022

This paper offers a valuable comparison to guide neuroscientists in choosing an appropriate spike sorting algorithm.

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By SfN Staff
August 25, 2022

This paper presents an elegant study examining neuronal activation in multiple brain regions involved in learning and consolidation of an alternation task.