neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02418-6 Although Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disease of the brain, we demonstrate that it disrupts myeloid cell production in the bone marrow via a type I interferon signal, preventing protective monocyte-derived macrophages from reaching the brain. Blocking this signal in the 5xFAD mouse model of amyloidosis resto…

A new study finds sharp contrasts between brain changes in menopause and those during pregnancy and puberty

BackgroundCognitive impairment affecting memory and learning processes is a common non-motor feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and contributes substantially to functional decline and a reduced quality of life. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a potentially beneficial non-invasive neuromodulation technique capable of modulating cortical plasticity and enhancing cogni…

A new Northwestern Medicine study suggests a major psychiatric risk gene remains important well into adulthood and may influence brain communication, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The post Understanding the Link Between Genetic Risk and Brain Communication Disorders appeared first on News Center .

Most people notice memory changes at some point and quietly wonder what they mean. A name that won’t come. A word that disappears mid-sentence. Walking into a room and having no idea why. These moments are unsettling, and the question underneath all of them is the same: is this normal, or is something actually wrong?...

Studies of visual discrimination in rodents can confound the effects of cue salience with reward value making it difficult to determine which factor guides choice behavior. We examined this issue by testing how changes in relative salience affect decision dynamics in rats (nine females and five males) performing a two-alternative forced-choice task with visual cues […]

Sometimes, even a single experience can be highly impactful, prompting humans and other animals to change their behavior or influencing their future choices. The formation of influential memories from a single, brief experience is also known as one-shot learning. Researchers at Collège de France (CNRS/INSERM/Université PSL), Inria, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Brandeis University […]

Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics, Published online: 8 September 2026; doi:10.3844/jmrsp.2026.9.15 Emotion and motion triggered by emotion plays a vital role in human robot interactive communication and emotion triggered by Motion or action is vice-versa. Cognition of motion and emotion defines the...

BackgroundFunctional and structural differences in the central nervous system, including higher motor cortex activation, lower corticospinal excitability, and smaller corticospinal tract volume have been proposed as potential contributors to persistent quadriceps strength deficits following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). However, prior work has largely examined these difference…

Scientists mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly for the first time. Days later the full MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome was being trained to play Doom and Mario 64.

Imagine learning a list of names in the evening and then getting only a few hours of sleep. Normally, you would expect to remember less the next morning, because sleep is one of the main periods when the brain strengthens new information. A new experiment suggests there may be a surprisingly simple way to soften […] The post Exercise Could Give the Sleep-Deprived Brain a Memory Boost appeared fir…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-70625-z 3D live monitoring of Blebbistatin effect on glioma cells using digital holographic microscopy

Researchers have identified how naturally occurring brain chemicals called endocannabinoids help regulate the drive to pursue rewards. The

In this episode, Sriram Sudarsanam, Luis E. Guzman-Clavel, and Alex L. Kolodkin discuss their paper, " Mef2c Controls Postnatal Callosal Axon Targeting by Regulating Sensitivity to Ephrin Repulsion ," published in Vol. 45, Issue 21 of JNeurosci. Find the rest of the Spotlight collection here . With special guests: Sriram Sudarsanam, Luis Guzman-Clavel, and Alex L. Kolodkin Hosted by: Megan Sansev…