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Physical fitness can lower risk of dementia, research finds
Regular exercise can delay dementia onset by 18 months, says study in British Journal of Sports Medicine
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Physical fitness can lower risk of dementia, research finds
Regular exercise can delay dementia onset by 18 months, says study in British Journal of Sports Medicine
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Representations of the intrinsic value of information in mouse orbitofrontal cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Mice are motivated to seek information of no extrinsic value. Recording neural activity in orbitofrontal cortex reveals a representation of the value of information that is distinct from the value of ...
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Success stories from computational neuroscience
Kevin Mitchell talks with Timothy Behrens about ring attractors, the role of innate structure, and an expanded view of cognitive maps.
NEW from inside NIH: I am hearing that a “young” DOGE staffer now has access to eRA, the software system used to track/administer all NIH grants.
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A synaptic locus of song learning - Nature
Combining a computational framework and optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations within and downstream of the cortico-basal ganglia circuit identifies the specific cortico-basal ganglia synapse...
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Octopus, squid and cuttlefish arms evolved to ‘taste’ different compounds
Octopus suckers can taste a variety of greasy, sticky molecules, while squid and cuttlefish suckers detect bitter compounds.
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AI-aided measures of brain age offer insights on dementia, more
USC study shows how degeneration patterns relate to cognitive changes.
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Study reveals hidden diversity in hippocampal CA3
A new preprint identifies two distinct populations of CA3 neurons, challenging the view that the hippocampal region is a single network.
Slow relaxation oscillations in multi-scale adaptive next generation neural masses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.26.740760v1
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Philip Morris launches $1.2 billion Aurora Zyn nicotine factory as critics warn of teen health risks - Sentinel Colorado
'When we go in the right direction and work together, we can make things happen in record time' — Jared Polis
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New findings begin to resolve theta sweep debate
Theta sweeps have been mired in controversy for decades, but the emerging consensus view suggests that they function in attention and goal direction.
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Success stories from computational neuroscience
Kevin Mitchell talks with Timothy Behrens about ring attractors, the role of innate structure, and an expanded view of cognitive maps.
The @fda.gov just authorized four new flavored nicotine pouches, compromising the fight against cancer and threatening to sustain youth nicotine use. In the U.S., one-third of all cancer deaths are a result of tobacco use, and tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death.
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