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Prefrontal somatostatin interneurons encode fear memory
Theories stipulate that memories are encoded within networks of cortical projection neurons (PNs). Conversely, GABAergic interneurons (INs) are thought to function primarily to inhibit PNs and thereby impose network gain control, an important but...
What Is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is the oldest celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. It is recognized on June 19th every year. Here's why it matters...
eLife Latest: Introducing the Ben Barres Spotlight Awards
A pilot fund seeks to recognise and support the work of researchers from underrepresented communities.
Trump Administration to Hold Migrant Children at Base That Served as WWII Japanese Internment Camp
HHS said Fort Sill will be used “as a temporary emergency influx shelter”
Cages With 'Kids' Pop Up Around NYC To Protest Immigrant Detention
The art installations were meant to bring awareness to the horrific conditions children and other migrants face at the southern U.S. border.
The Pregnancy Pickle: Evolved Immune Compensation Due to Pregnancy Underlies Sex Differences in Human Diseases
We hypothesize that, ancestrally, sex-specific immune modulation evolved to facilitate survival of the pregnant person in the presence of an invasive …
How can we make scientific conferences better for parents?
Guest post by Tânia Reis, Chair of GSA’s Conference Childcare Committee, on barriers to conference participation and how we can address them. I’m a Scientist. I’m a Mom. I couldn’t pick one over th…
Male Wikipedia editors are deleting women, says Sandi Toksvig
The broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has vowed to tackle sexism on Wikipedia, pledging to “rewrite history” so more women and their stories appear on the site. Toksvig, who co-founded the Women’s Equality...
Striatal circuits for reward learning and decision-making
The striatum is crucial for learning and decision-making. Cox and Witten provide an updated overview of the roles of different parts of the striatal circuit in learning and decision-making, showing how recent experiments support and contradict...
Sex steroid hormone modulation of neural stem cells: a critical review
While numerous in vivo experiments have sought to explore the effects of sex chromosome composition and sex steroid hormones on cellular proliferation and differentiation within the mammalian brain, far fewer studies as reviewed here, have explored...
Racial and gender biases plague postdoc hiring
Changing the name on a CV affects how physics and biology faculty members view theoretical applicants, according to a new study
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 signaling and appetitive Pavlovian behavior: implications for the treatment of addiction
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 signaling and appetitive Pavlovian behavior: implications for the treatment of addiction
Fear extinction retention – is it what we think it is?
There has been an explosion of research on fear extinction in humans in the past two
decades. This has generated major insights but also brought a new goal into focus:
how to maintain extinction memory over time (i.e., extinction retention). We...
Exploring The Link Between Inflammation And Depression: Study Suggests Women Are Affected The Most
More research is revealing a close connection between the body's inflammatory response and depression. A new study adds another dimension, finding women may be affected more severely by the connection than men.
Recommendations to International Schools
RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT, REPORT, AND INVESTIGATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS Use objective, quantitative criteria when making employment decisions. Require sexual harassment training and...
Neuroscience should take sex differences in the brain more seriously
Diseases like Alzheimer's and schizophrenia manifest differently in men and women, and that's important to know
Biology of Sex Differences
<p>Unlike any other scientific journal,<i> Biology of Sex Differences</i> focuses on<i> </i>sex differences in physiology, behavior, and disease, from molecules to phenotypes, and incorporates basic and clinical research. The journal aims to improve...