Avoiding Ribosome Traffic Jams - Optimization of protein synthesis for efficiency is thought to be highly important for evolutionary fitness. Watch and listen as Yitzhak Pilpel and Tamir Tuller take y...
Prediction Enhances Olfactory Processing - The ability to predict sensory events before they occur helps an organism navigate a complex world. To provide greater insight into how predictive coding is ...
Extracellular Fuel for Metastasis - Cancer cells enhance their ability to metastasize by producing phospho-creatine, a metabolite that fuels metastatic survival, in the extracellular space. This proce...
Sortilin Link to Dementia Pathophysiology - Mutation of the gene for PGRN causes Fronto-Temporal Lobar Degeneration but the mechanistic link between reduced PRGN levels and neurodegeneration is unknow...
D2 Receptor-DISC1 Complex and Antipsychotic Effects
D2 Receptor-DISC1 Complex and Antipsychotic Effects - Our lab has identified a novel interaction between D2 receptor and DISC1, and this complex was found to be increased in postmortem brain tissues o...
Restoring Reality Monitoring in Schizophrenia - Reality monitoring, the ability to distinguish internally generated information from external experiences, is impaired in schizophrenia patients. In an ...
Orienting Asymmetries in Dogs’ Responses to Speech
Orienting Asymmetries in Dogs’ Responses to Speech - This video from Victoria Ratcliffe and David Reby reports the results of an experiment showing that dogs express opposite orienting biases when exp...
Inside cells, communication between the nucleus, which harbors our precious genetic material, and the cytoplasm is mediated by the constant exchange of thousands of signaling molecules and proteins. U...
How Curiosity Changes the Brain and Enhances Learning
Charan Ranganath and Matthias Gruber summarize their findings that demonstrate that curiosity changes brain activity within the dopaminergic circuit. Further......
Brain-Machine Interfaces: Combining Decoder Design and Neural Adaptation
Brain-Machine Interfaces: Combining Decoder Design and Neural Adaptation - Shenoy and Carmena introduce the concept of a brain-machine interface, how to design a decoder algorithm to convert neural ac...
PLANTS Challenges of modifying root traits in crops for agriculture
PLANTS Challenges of modifying root traits in crops for agriculture - Created by Daniel P. Schachtman and colleagues (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA). Read the related review article in Trends in...
