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1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Angie Voyles Askham |Calli McMurray |Charles Piller |Brendan Borrell

Three researchers who served as scientific advisers to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) were removed from their positions this week, The Transmitter has learned. At least two advisers to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) were also terminated this week. The researchers each received a letter this week from Matthew Memoli, acting director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated 21 March.

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Katie Moisse |Angie Voyles Askham |Ashley Juavinett

ReporterThe Transmitter Share this article: Tags: Cognitive neuroscience, Attention, Brain imaging, Developmental neuroscience, fMRI, Hippocampus, Learning, Memory, Neurodevelopment A decade ago, Nick Turk-Browne unintentionally created a paradox. He demonstrated in a series of studies that statistical learning, or the ability to extract patterns from experiences, depends on the hippocampus, a brain region also involved in forming episodic memories.

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Austin Coley |Angie Voyles Askham

It’s easy to do less-than-rigorous science without realizing it. Yet there isn’t a systematic way to learn good science practice, says Konrad Kording, professor of neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. As a student, “it felt like I was soaking all that up from my supervisor, and there was no training,” he says.

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Christine J. Charvet |Calli McMurray |Angie Voyles Askham |Claudia Lopez Lloreda

Neuroscience research relies overwhelmingly on a single model system—the mouse—to address human health challenges. Yet mice rarely replicate the complexity of human diseases, particularly in the brain, and treatments that show promise in mice often fail to translate effectively to people. Studying endangered animals in zoos could be a powerful approach to simultaneously improve animal welfare and advance human brain health.

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Mark Humphries |Olivia Gieger

Whenever William Smith runs a calcium imaging experiment, he spends 40 minutes staring at a screen. “It gives you a lot of reflective and contemplative time to think about what’s going on,” says Smith, a graduate student in Stefan Pulver’s lab at the University of St Andrews. During these reflections, Smith says he started to wonder how much energy he was using, and in turn how much carbon that released into the atmosphere. So he decided to find out.