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Surprising Protective Role of Tau Protein Against Herpes Virus in Alzheimer’s

Example neuron in the anterior ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH, blue line). Using a technique called “uncaging”, researchers found that inhibitory signals near the centre of this neuron (yellow squares) were stronger during the fertile phase of the reproductive cycle. Reduced activity in these cells promotes mating behaviour.

Scientists Uncover Neural Circuit That Controls Female Sexual Rejection

An NYU researcher administers chemical signals to non-neural cells grown in a culture plate.

Your Body Has Hidden Memories: Scientists Discover Cells Outside the Brain Can Learn

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Star-Shaped Brain Cells Hold Our Memories

Mitochondria release segments of mitochondrial DNA that can travel through pores of the nucleus and integrate into a cell's chromosomes (where the insertions are called NUMTs, for nuclear mitochochondrial segments). A new study has found that nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertion—once thought rare—happens in the human brain likely several times over during a person’s lifespan.

Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells

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New kind of brain cell rocks neuroscience

Senior woman sleeping in white bed

Unravelling the secrets of a good night’s sleep: It’s the enzyme

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