Study suggests a shared logic of sensory processing across vertebrate brains
How does the brain make sense of what we see, hear and feel, and transform these separate signals into a coherent perception of the world?
Aug 1, 2026
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Nervous System: News and Research on Diencephalon
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First-of-its-kind study reveals how sleep strengthens memory and how epilepsy can disrupt the process
Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that memory consolidation during sleep depends on coordinated activity among three brain regions, and disruptions to this activity can impair ...
Jul 28, 2026
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Distinct brain circuits explain contradictory behaviors of new weight-loss drugs
Cambridge scientists have solved the mystery of why both stimulating and blocking a particular "switch" in the brain can help people lose weight—findings that could help boost the effectiveness of obesity drugs.
Jul 24, 2026
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Unveiling treatment targets for slow breathing from fentanyl use
Fentanyl causes symptoms that can lead to death from overdose. One of these symptoms is slow breathing, which deprives drug users of oxygen. In new research in JNeurosci, Erica Levitt and colleagues from the University of ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Can magnetic fields help fight Parkinson's disease?
An international team has succeeded in using a magnetic field to target structures deep within the brain. The researchers injected magnetic nanoplatelets into the relevant region. By doing so, they succeeded in treating movement ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Sleep disorders don't just exhaust you, they change your brain
Sleep disorders may do more than leave people feeling tired. New research from Florida International University shows that sleep disorders are associated with structural changes in brain regions involved in attention, motivation ...
Jul 16, 2026
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Skeletal muscle signals to brain, brown fat to control aging in mice
Open lines of communication between the body's organs are important to health and often falter with age. A new study in mice by researchers at WashU Medicine shows how signals that travel from skeletal muscle to the brain ...
Jul 15, 2026
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Heat exposure during pregnancy and infancy may influence children's brain development
Exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy and early infancy is associated with slower growth of the thalamus later in childhood, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center ...
Jul 13, 2026
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Why the back? How stroking calms infants and mouse pups
Across cultures, the way we soothe an unsettled baby tends to look much the same: hold them close and gently rub their back. The act is so familiar that it's easy to forget how little is actually understood about why it works.
Jul 6, 2026
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Zebrafish brains reveal alternate route for senses to the forebrain shared with mammals
Line up the brains of a fish, bird and a mammal, and something unexpected comes up. You do not see three different answers to the problem of making sense of the world. You see one answer, tilted three different ways. "You ...
Jul 3, 2026
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